Different Personalities in Poker: The Calling Station
- Filed under: News
- Date: Aug 8,2009
Ally or Enemy?
The calling station is one of the few familiar poker personalities you might encounter at the poker table. They are favorite opponents of good poker players because of their ability to give out their money easily without any kind of regret.
They are basically allergic of money and will do anything to try getting rid of it. If you’re not that seasoned in poker you might assume that they are throwing it all purposely.
Selectivity and Aggression
It all comes down in the name: calling station. They will play every hand they have and will stay passive till they have an excellent hand – some of them will favor your hand by checking behind you even if they do have the nuts or they just wanted to make the atmosphere of the game at a calm level and will feel terrible if they bet you with a better hand.
Calling stations are always hopeful; they only see potential and never want to see the outcomes. A large part of their population plays just for fun and the money they spend will be compared with a lazy night out with friends having to pay a very expensive dinner.
It only means that provided that they are going to gain amusement in playing it will be worth the money spent.
Predictability
This lot is very predictable during the game. They may do some unconventional moves at times but they often do that for the benefit of the other players.
Poker IQ
This kind of poker personality has no IQ. They are not dumb nor they are lazy they just don’t care what the results of the game will be. They don’t want to waste their time playing good poker because they reason out that it’s boring. All they want is to be happy and then winning is just the second priority in line.
They seldom put a play down, they assume that re-raising and betting are the same and think that a gut-shot is a good draw.
This makes them an ideal opponent to contend with. But be aware that a table full of calling station is not good and will come out tragic in the end.
Adjustments
One way to beat down a calling station is to make that person happy and also make sure that other people at the table are making him happy as well. Remind the BOOK WORMS for that.
Some of them play quiet good, but the thing is that they don’t want to do that – however, if someone challenge them you might be shock on how well they play.
Don’t make them angry by blustering and showing off the winning you get from them. Just relax yourself, make thin value bets and let the money flow.