Squeeze
Squeeze has two meanings. It can be to look at your cards by slowly bending them back, or to re-raise before the flop after one raise and one or more calls. The second is also called a squeeze play.
The simple explanation
The first meaning is a way of looking at cards slowly in order to see the rank and suit. The second meaning is a big three-bet after a raise and a call.
A closer look
In the second meaning, the squeeze takes advantage of the dead money from the caller and the weak range of the raiser. The squeezer puts both players in a difficult spot. In the first meaning, squeezing the cards is a habit of some players who like to build suspense. Check the context to see which one is meant.
A practical example
A player raises, another calls, and you re-raise big from the big blind with K♣ K♦. That is a squeeze.
Full explanation
Squeeze has two meanings. It can be to look at your cards by slowly bending them back, or to re-raise before the flop after one raise and one or more calls. The second is also called a squeeze play.
Squeeze can mean slowly looking at cards, or a re-raise after a raise and a call.
The second is called a squeeze play.
It takes advantage of dead money.
Check the context.
A squeeze play
No-limit Hold’em · Blinds 1/2 chips · No rake
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips.
Read the example transcript
Player A has the button (BTN). Player B posts the 1-chip small blind (SB). Player C posts the 2-chip big blind (BB).
- Preflop · Pot: 3 chips
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips.
- Player A BTN AAce of diamonds (Ad)QQueen of clubs (Qc) · Stack 200 · In this round 0
- Player B SB 88 of hearts (8h)77 of hearts (7h) · Stack 199 · In this round 1
- Player C BB KKing of clubs (Kc)KKing of diamonds (Kd) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
- Preflop · Pot: 9 chips
Player A on the button raises to 6.
- Player A BTN AAce of diamonds (Ad)QQueen of clubs (Qc) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B SB 88 of hearts (8h)77 of hearts (7h) · Stack 199 · In this round 1
- Player C BB KKing of clubs (Kc)KKing of diamonds (Kd) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
- Preflop · Pot: 14 chips
Player B in the small blind calls 5 more.
- Player A BTN AAce of diamonds (Ad)QQueen of clubs (Qc) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B SB 88 of hearts (8h)77 of hearts (7h) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player C BB KKing of clubs (Kc)KKing of diamonds (Kd) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
- Preflop · Pot: 36 chips
Player C in the big blind re-raises to 24. The first raiser and a caller are both in the pot, and the big blind squeezes them with a big three-bet. This is a squeeze play.
- Player A BTN AAce of diamonds (Ad)QQueen of clubs (Qc) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B SB 88 of hearts (8h)77 of hearts (7h) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player C BB KKing of clubs (Kc)KKing of diamonds (Kd) · Stack 176 · In this round 24
Cards are shown for learning; totals are displayed before pot collection.