When to squeeze play

[Pitbullo]

At which situations should I try the squeeze play?
With which hands?

[postoakpoker]

Poker is full of decisions which are highly dependent upon the specific situations. Blanket statements with regards to the correct plays generally do not apply. Narrow your question down; perhaps describe a situation and ask if its a good time for a squeeze play. Read HoH.

[Pitbullo]

Lets say I hold 1010
Im BB, button raises 4bb, sb calls...

should i squeeze here?

[raze]

Assuming Button is not super-tight, yea this is a good spot to re-raise, just based on the strength of your hand.



Here's an example of squeezing vs. calling.

6 handed NLHE. Player in the cut-off, who steals at every opportunity, raises 3-4x. A decent, tight player cold-calls on the Button, as does the SB. You are in the BB.

1. You have 7 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. You should probably just call, because while you might take it down with a big reraise, there's a ton of value in flopping a set in a 4-way pot.

2. You have 8 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. Calling will not show a profit, because your hand is too weak. I would consider raising a little over the size of the pot here, and expecting to take it down very often. CO's range is huge, because he's on a steal. If the other two players had a hand that could call your huge raise, they would have certainly re-raised PF. And even if you get called, your hand still has a little potential to hit something on the flop.