Poker Strategy: The Squeeze Play

Bodog Poker pro Josh Arieh gives Bodog Nation readers a lesson in bluffing with his advice on how and when to make a squeeze play.

Pink is the new black, retro is the new old and squeeze plays are the new bluffs.

A squeeze play in poker is when Player 1 opens for a raise, Player 2 calls and you put in a big reraise, most of the time with "air," to try and steal the pot. Player 1 then folds, because for you to raise into two players, your hand appears to be strong, and he still has Player 2 to act behind him. Player 2 also folds, and you have now "squeezed" the original raiser out of the pot.

I was involved in one of the more famous squeeze plays that aired during the WSOP 2004 Main Event on ESPN. Dan Harrington actually talks about the hand in his book, Harrington on Holdem.

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