Today in games at medium and high rates squeeze perform at
every opportunity is considered good manners. In one of my recent session’s
cache about 80% raises were squeeze. Today's online pros play simultaneously
for a dozen tables, hunt for big banks and often perform raises almost machine
to inflate the bank, regardless of his own cards.
Flat with a strong
hand:
Flat with a strong hand can be called the best protection
against squeeze and may even bring a large profit. But to perform this
technique to be very careful. If something goes wrong, the results can be
disastrous.
There are three main points concerning this method:
1. Your opponent must cut themselves off from the position
2. You should have a good disguise your own maps
3. You need to maximize your profit potential with good
hands
The concept is simple enough. Here are some examples to
understand what and when to do and not do:
You should begin with in order to examine trends in rates of
your opponents on the table and the table to identify the main aggressor. Make
sure he is in a position to squeeze, and that you have the right hand for a
flat market. Also make sure to bet that the player has already called. This
will help you determine how to play the flop, when the trap is placed.
For your image in the eyes of the opponent does not hurt if
you have both called before one or two re-raise with a marginal hand. If you
miss the flop, your opponent will start firing all barrels and might identify
you as a weak player. When you get a good hand, all of the above factors will
play for you.
Likely to become the subject squeeze depends on the position
, the early call a raise preflop , the number of participants in the bank ( the
more people called, the more likely it will be followed by a squeeze ) . But be
aware that the more participants, the higher the risk factor.
As for your card, when I speak of strong hands, I mean mod
-4 poker hands AA, KK, QQ and AK. On which of the four hands you depend your
further actions in the hand.
Scenario number 1:
You play at the table NLHE 2/4, and are prerequisites for
the squeeze. Two players at your table are particularly active and apply the
squeeze almost every hand with his participation. This gives us an opportunity.
A loose player opens with the UTG. Two players before you fold, giving you the
initiative. You AK drum. You perform flutter and wait when one of the
aggressors in the blind reraised.
As expected, the big blind zapalivaet 3 -bet, and the player
is in position UTG folds. Now you have a choice. Flat can do again, but risky.
Your hand is not considered a threat, and you can win a big pot, catching an
ace against the mass of hands, including AQ, AJ and even A10. The problem is
that if you miss the flop, you will find yourself in a difficult situation if
the opponent starts to attack -betting. This is the worst scenario that leads
to the coin flip. The best thing you can do in this situation - to answer all-in.
Do you have enough fold equity, and it is likely that your opponent will fold
his hand.
Scenario number 2:
You sit at a table in the blind 6 - max 5/10 maniac /
skvizer sitting in the big blind. After the first raise preflop cutoff calls,
you look at your cards and see a pair of aces. You take a deep breath and
perform flat, waiting for the fireworks to begin. As expected, the big blind
should 3 -bet. UTG player calls, and the cut-off joins in the fun. Excellent! In
this situation you have and position, and a strong arm, and in front of you is
a huge pile of money. You go all-in and skvizere before you are forced to fold.
UTG calls and rested! Cutoff folds. UTG opens a pair of jacks, and you take a
huge pot.
Best in this situation worked out what you have done double
flat with aces in a situation where two players have joined the bank. Given the
situation and your behavior in her rivals and think, could not that you have aces.
Scenario number 3:
You are in the small blind and the player to the left of you
maniac / skiver. Do you KK. Cut-off button makes opening and flat. You also
make flat with the kings and wait squeeze. It does not occur. The big blind
folds. Opponent on the flop gets two small pairs and attacking your stack ...
What went wrong? Even if you're 90 % sure that the opponent will make a squeeze
play, there is always the possibility that you are mistaken. Even the most
aggressive player will not get involved in a hand with absolutely useless hand.
The positive side of this point is that in the absence of
your hand squeeze not completely but still masked. Chance to win the pot is
large enough, since hardly any of the opponents decide that you have a strong hand,
once you make a flat with two collies. In this situation, all-in answer to
someone from a couple dozen hands to AQ. The problem is that you are left with
only one player to squeeze and the probability of getting your desired result
is significantly reduced. In this situation, I usually advise a re-raise from
the small blind, unless you are willing to take a big risk.
