Squeeze ( poker )

1) In a draw game, look at one's cards slowly; so called because players start with their cards tightly squared together, such that they can see only the first card, and then slowly squeeze them apart, that is, separate them, causing each card to reveal itself, slowly, one at a time, as if the viewer wishes to surprise himself with the cards; this is often done agonizingly slowly, frequently when it is the squeezer's turn to act, as if the player deliberately wants to annoy the others, while he pretends to be innocent of any knowledge of what effect his slowness is having. Sometimes called sweat. "Hey, don't squeeze the spots off of `em; we're paying time here." 2) Whipsaw (To raise before, and after, a caller who gets caught in the middle.).