"squeeze"

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is to make a reraise after a player went up and at least one called.
when a player raises and we reraise is called 3 bet.


but watch this weapon is double-edged .. and we can come up with a better hand.
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ok ok that's not the whole picture

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z)v. squeezed, squeez·ing, squeez·es
v.tr.1. To press hard on or together; compress.
2. To press gently, as in affection: squeezed her hand.
3. To exert pressure on, as by way of extracting liquid: squeeze an orange.
4. To extract by or as if by applying pressure: squeeze juice from a lemon; squeezed a confession out of a suspect.
5. To extract by dishonest means; extort.
6. To pressure or intimidate (someone) to comply with a demand, as to make an extortion payment.
7. To obtain room for by pressure; cram: squeezed her books into the briefcase.
8. To manage to find time or space for.
9. Games To force (an opponent) to use a potentially winning card in a trick he or she cannot take in bridge.
10. Baseball To cause (a run or base runner) to score on a squeeze play.

v.intr.1. To give way under pressure.
2. To exert pressure.
3. To force one's way: squeeze through a crowd; squeeze into a tight space.

n.1. The act or an instance of squeezing.
2. An amount squeezed out: a squeeze of lemon.
3. A handclasp or brief embrace.
4. A group crowded together; a crush.
5. Informal A squeeze play.
6. Financial pressure caused by shortages or narrowing economic margins.
7. Pressure or intimidation to comply with a demand, as to make an extortion payment.
8. Games A forced discard of a potentially winning card in bridge.
9. Slang One's primary romantic partner or sweetheart.

Phrasal Verbs: squeeze off To fire (a round of bullets) by squeezing the trigger.

squeeze through/by To manage narrowly to pass, win, or survive.
 
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You risk a lot! Only you would with AA or monster flop but it never would do so is to risk a move just to try and steal some chips? Not justify it!
 
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just when you thought this thread couldn't get any stranger
 
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You risk a lot! Only you would with AA or monster flop but it never would do so is to risk a move just to try and steal some chips? Not justify it!

AA isnt a squeeze play. AA is 3betting for value.
 
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How about those squeezing with nothing but air... speaking of myself.. hahaha.
 
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AA isnt a squeeze play. AA is 3betting for value.

Stealing blinds with garbage hands can not work because end up being a fish! Prefer to steal the blinds with a strong hand like AA said before over not getting paid! They are ways of interpreting! Also you determines the stack!
 
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Stealing blinds with garbage hands can not work because end up being a fish! Prefer to steal the blinds with a strong hand like AA said before over not getting paid! They are ways of interpreting! Also you determines the stack!

If you don't get comfortable with the "air" squeeze and the "air" steal, you have little chance of becoming a winning MTT player.

Good luck, though.

-HooDooKoo
 
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Stealing blinds with garbage hands can not work because end up being a fish! Prefer to steal the blinds with a strong hand like AA said before over not getting paid! They are ways of interpreting! Also you determines the stack!

You don't understand the concept of "stealing." Stealing is use your stack/position/aggression to force a fold of the blinds (and maybe chronic limpers) with any two cards. It's a fold equity play. So yes, "garbage hands" is what you would be doing that the most with. Stealing is an inherent bluffing scenario.

When you actually have a hand, you don't want to steal (i.e. have people fold). You want the opposite, which is to bet for value and hope to get called by worse.

Squeezing is a similar concept. As was said, if you have a big hand like AA, it's not a squeeze play, it's a value 3bet. A true squeeze play means again that you're using your stack/position/aggression to fold out weak hands that can't/won't call. A common situation is when a donk/maniac PFRs and a TAG button flats to try and outplay them post flop. The blinds can come over the top with a squeeze in hopes of one of two outcomes: isolate the donk, or fold him out, either having the expectation that the tighter button player will be forced to fold all but the top of his range.
 
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I squeeze sometimes with decent hands like low pairs and Ax, but I do not recommend doing it with rags. Chances are that the raiser has a strong hand and you'll be behind, the caller will fold most of the time because he would've 3bet if he had a strong hand.
 
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I squeeze sometimes with decent hands like low pairs and Ax, but I do not recommend doing it with rags. Chances are that the raiser has a strong hand and you'll be behind, the caller will fold most of the time because he would've 3bet if he had a strong hand.
as stated in a few of the previous comments, a squeeze isn't essentially going over top of a raise and call or at least I wouldn't recommend. A squeeze in my thoughts is when you are say lp (btn or co) and you get probably 3 or 4 limpers before action gets to you, you put in a big raise to squeeze all the limpers out of the pot and pick up all them dead big blinds :D. Trying to pull of such a play of course comes depending on the action at the table, and with so many if going to squeeze I would still want a decent hand to do it with like kq or ak or aq because the more players you are trying to squeeze the higher chance you might get one who will call and at least then you can hope with still a decent hand and position you can outplay them post-flop.

Just my thoughts, or at least the move i sometimes make that I consider to be a squeeze. Would deff not look to sqeeze with air unless perhaps its multi limped and im bb where i know all action has simply limped, so I squeeze and hope someone isn't being tricky (stupid) with a big pp.
 
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as stated in a few of the previous comments, a squeeze isn't essentially going over top of a raise and call or at least I wouldn't recommend. A squeeze in my thoughts is when you are say lp (btn or co) and you get probably 3 or 4 limpers before action gets to you, you put in a big raise to squeeze all the limpers out of the pot and pick up all them dead big blinds :D
Actually the definition of the term 'squeeze' as it relates to poker is to reraise following a raise and a call. It's not a RFI to punish limpers as you describe. It can be a 3bet for value, but is usually associated with a stealing maneuver and thus is quite often done with air or semi-bluffy hands.
 
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Squeeze plays can be used in tournaments and cash games but they’re only effective in big-bet games like No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha. In Limit games you can’t raise enough to force your opponents to fold.
 
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Squeezing above all else, is fun!
PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): $5.00
UTG: $7.38 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
MP: $3.23 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
CO: $3.01 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
BTN: $5.19 (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 100.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
SB: $4.41 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has T:heart: 4:heart:

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.15, SB calls $0.13, Hero raises to $0.70, BTN calls $0.55, fold

Flop: ($1.55, 2 players) J:heart: 3:spade: 2:heart:
Hero bets $0.85, BTN raises to $1.70, Hero raises to $4.30 and is all-in, BTN calls $2.60

Turn: ($10.15, 2 players) A:spade:

River: ($10.15, 2 players) 8:heart:
 
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Actually the definition of the term 'squeeze' as it relates to poker is to reraise following a raise and a call. It's not a RFI to punish limpers as you describe. It can be a 3bet for value, but is usually associated with a stealing maneuver and thus is quite often done with air or semi-bluffy hands.

cool thanks dm, always thought about it as i had indicated. Point in fact as to why i have become so active on the forum, as I want to learn and advance my knowledge and know it has great resources (members etc) that will help me get there. This is something I should have done ages ago.
 
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I squeeze sometimes with decent hands like low pairs and Ax, but I do not recommend doing it with rags. Chances are that the raiser has a strong hand and you'll be behind, the caller will fold most of the time because he would've 3bet if he had a strong hand.
This is not always the case, especially in micro tournaments. Some players will limp in late position with top pocket pairs even after a couple of limpers call an early pos. raise, this seems like a stupid play because their hand goes down in value if the players after don't reraise. But in the event someone does reraise, this player will have the option of shoving (late in tourney it's a real good play because you are likely to get called by a 10 to 20 BB stack) or calling the raise if no one else calls ( profitable if you can outplay a deep stack post flop).
 
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You don't understand the concept of "stealing." Stealing is use your stack/position/aggression to force a fold of the blinds (and maybe chronic limpers) with any two cards. It's a fold equity play. So yes, "garbage hands" is what you would be doing that the most with. Stealing is an inherent bluffing scenario.

When you actually have a hand, you don't want to steal (i.e. have people fold). You want the opposite, which is to bet for value and hope to get called by worse.

Squeezing is a similar concept. As was said, if you have a big hand like AA, it's not a squeeze play, it's a value 3bet. A true squeeze play means again that you're using your stack/position/aggression to fold out weak hands that can't/won't call. A common situation is when a donk/maniac PFRs and a TAG button flats to try and outplay them post flop. The blinds can come over the top with a squeeze in hopes of one of two outcomes: isolate the donk, or fold him out, either having the expectation that the tighter button player will be forced to fold all but the top of his range.


I agree

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You need to have a very good read of the table before executing it. Probable targets are weak limpers and stack sizes close to you. A tight table image will increase your fear equity. Though i think its more effective in live play while in online poker i think people call with wide range.
 
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Though i think its more effective in live play while in online poker i think people call with wide range.
Don't know where you play or at what stakes, but where I've played live up to 500NL the ranges are much wider than online at 25NL and up.
 
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