online poker lends itself to strategic play just as other types of sports. One poker online strategy in particular is very aggressive and intimidating and often wins the pot for the player who uses it - the squeeze play. To execute the squeeze play, you must be betting behind others, or make it from the blind position pre-flop. To put on the squeeze, you must wait for reasonably strong or just bluff outright. Look for an aggressive player to make a raise behind you that is called by another player. Recognize that the original raiser may or may not have that great a hand and that the caller probably does not have such a strong hand either since that player did not re-raise. As the action is folded around to you, take the initiative and re-raise. Now the original raiser is on the spot to make a tough decision. With one caller behind and then a re-raise, the original raiser has to be on guard. If the original raise was a naked or semi-bluff, that player will most likely fold, leaving you heads-up against the caller. You have created a tough decision for that online poker player. In poker, putting your opponents on tough decisions is most often the winning strategy. The squeeze play is one way to make your opponents uncomfortable about remaining in contention for the pot. By putting on the squeeze, you can often force both opponents to fold.
