Squeeze play- good spot or on tilt?
 

Live tournament- loose but usually several limpers in unraised pots PF.

Blinds 300-600 (raising each 30mins next time 400-800).
Avg stack about 12,000.

Reads: BB is tight in comparison with the rest of table.
Late position limpers tight.
Early position limpers loose- at least one is very inexperienced.

I have being showing down premium hands and seen as a player to avoid. Bad beat with a monster 3 hand prior to this.


UTG 6,000
UTG+1 9,000
MP 8,000
MP+1 8,000
MP+2 15,000
CO 7,000
BT 14,000
SB (HERO)9,000
BB 20,000

HERO has A9 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

UTG: calls, UTG+1: calls, MP: folds, MP+1: calls, MP+2: calls, CO: folds, BT: calls, SB: HERO <font color="red"> </font> Raises to 3,000.

Is this a good spot for tring to make a move considering early limpers are loose and later limpers tighter?

Also what about the raise size. I pretty much am forced to call one of the smaller stacks if they push over me. However, if I raise smaller likely to encourage callers. My thinking now is that pushing all-in pre-flop would eliminate a difficult decision (as would folding pre-flop) or was I just on tilt.

Re: Squeeze play- good spot or on tilt?
 

shove is much better.

Re: Squeeze play- good spot or on tilt?
 

i like a push here... looks like already 3k+ in the pot...

you certainly don't want any calls, definitely don't want one calling then others calling also cuz of the odds... and don't wanna have to try and play this postflop out of position...

Re: Squeeze play- good spot or on tilt?
 

That pot is so big, I'm just pushing. I'll get it in next chance I get anyway if I get called anywhere, so why wait?

Re: Squeeze play- good spot or on tilt?
 

your raise was actually SMALLER than a standard raise, so not even close to being a squeeze, not to mention a squeeze is not a good idea into 5 other players. If you are squeezing, shove, you only have 15bb's and shouldn't be limping or standard raising with this many limpers in and this size stack. Shove or fold.