Sleepers are blind bets made with an option from anywhere besides under the gun. If all players fold before you, your sleeper becomes "live" and it is treated like a straddle. If anyone calls or raises before the action gets to you, you take your sleeper back and it is treated as if nothing happened. For example if you are in 4th position you can put a sleeper of $10 out. If positions 1-3 all fold then your sleeper is treated as a normal straddle (you get an option at the end). If players 1-3 call or raise, you take your $10 back and all proceeds as normal. Normally a sleeper is placed by an opponent UTG +1 that way if UTG folds the straddle is on -- if you do it in 4th or 5th it becomes stupid because of the high liklihood of one fo the players b4 you calling or raising anyway
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