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
While this play worked well in the past,
While this play worked well in the past, it is well known in today’s game, so you can’t squeeze every time you get a chance. In general, you want to squeeze against aggressive opponents that raise with a wide range before the flop. If the initial raiser is tight, squeezing him would be a bad idea, as his raising range is similar to the range with which he’s willing to put in a lot of chips. Folding is the right play in this case.
There are a few ways to defend against the squeeze play.
There are a few ways to defend against the squeeze play. If you raise, someone calls, and a loose aggressive player re-raises, you can four-bet, squeezing the squeezer. Since he knows your range is probably weak, you can four-bet and shut him out of the hand. You can also call with your strong hands and trap him in the pot.