Learning Poker – Lesson #2: Basic calling strategy

mark — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:27:30 +0000

You usually call in the following situations:

When you have calculated the pot odds and they are favorable for you;
When you need other players to accept you as a loose player;
When you have a strong hand but the game was opened by a tight player in early position;
When you don’t want the player after you to re-raise;
When you want to keep a player in the game who is bluffing and you want to keep it that way;
When you have a chance to improve your combination later (with draw or free card /s);
When there are only loose players at the table;
When you think you have the same strong combination as your opponent, so the chances to win and to lose are equal;
When you have a winning combination and you can raise but you want to keep the other players in the game since if you raise, they can fold;
When you want to bluff later;
When you figure that your opponent has a weak hand;
When you need to convince your opponents that you call quite often, so you can make them stop bluffing

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