To Call In Poker

 
  1. To match the bet of a player who has already bet.
  2. The matching of an opponent's bet or raise. (noun)

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There are different types of calls in poker parlance: Cold call - to call a raise without having already put any money in the pot. Flat or smooth call - to call bet when one would normally raise, in order to play. To 'call' a bet in poker (also known as 'making the call', 'calling down' or 'looking him up') is the action in which a player matches an opponents bet to stay in the hand.There are five different actions that a player has the option to use - these are to fold, to call, raise, re-raise or to check. Checking and calling.

I already messed this hand up pretty good, so I may as well call. -Chris Ferguson

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I could make a crazy call on you... -Sam Farha to Chris Moneymaker during Moneymaker's famous bluff at the final table of the 2003 World Series of Poker.

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There are different types of calls in poker parlance:

Cold call - to call a raise without having already put any money in the pot.

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Flat or smooth call - to call bet when one would normally raise, in order to play the hand deceptively. This is a type of slow play.

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Over call - calling a bet after everybody else still in the hand has called.

Crying call - calling when one thinks he is not going to win the hand.

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