{"id":38983,"date":"2014-12-11T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T11:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=38983"},"modified":"2021-06-29T09:16:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T09:16:47","slug":"introducing-squeeze-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/introducing-squeeze-play.html","title":{"rendered":"Introducing The Squeeze Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re new to poker, adding the squeeze play to your preflop arsenal is a very good idea thanks to it being a powerful move if executed correctly.<\/p>\n

The squeeze play was one used by professional poker players for years, but was introduced to the masses by Dan Harrington<\/strong> in his fabulous Harrington On Hold’em<\/em> series of strategy books.<\/p>\n

In Harrington’s now famous hand, Josh Arieh<\/strong> raised to 225,000 with and Greg Raymer<\/strong> called with . Dan Harrington was on the button and had been dealt the lowly , which on the surface looked like an instant fold, but Harrington had other ideas and he raised — used the squeeze play — to 1,200,000. Both Arieh and Raymer eventually folded and Harrington scooped a decent pot.<\/p>\n

While to some Harrington’s move may seem reckless, it was actually well thought through. Arieh is known for raising with a wide range of hands and Raymer is an aggressive player who would probably have raised had he been dealt a premium hand. When a player like Harrington, who is known as a very conservative player, puts in a large raise in this spot he simply has to have a strong hand, one that blows both Arieh’s and Raymer’s hand out of the water, of course we know different!<\/p>\n

In the video below, partypoker’s resident strategist Josef Rantamaki<\/strong> looks at the squeeze play in detail and gives you hints and tips on when to deploy it to maximum effect at the tables.<\/p>\n