Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
For example, say a loose player in middle position
For example, say a loose player in middle position opens to 3BBs and the next player calls. You have K-7o on the button. This is a decent spot for a re-raise to around 12BBs, hoping to pick up the pot pre-flop.
My re-raise with multiple players in the pot
My re-raise with multiple players in the pot is three times the initial raise plus whatever the callers have put in, which in this case is 9BBs + 3BBs = 12BBs. The squeeze play works very well when short-stacked. Suppose a player raises and another calls in front of you. You have 25BBs. If you know their ranges are wide, you can go all-in with literally any two cards if you know they will fold often enough. I like to have some sort of hand when I make this play, but realize it is one of the most powerful tools of the short stack.