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Bugeye
Old 02-27-2006, 05:35 PM     Post subject: Help with terminology: Cold Call #1 (permalink)  

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Hi-
I'm new to poker and have a somewhat dumb question on terminology. I'm ready a Sklansky book and he has said a couple of times that you should rarely (~ 1 in 500 hands) cold call a raise.

What the heck is a "cold call"? Can someone give me an example or two? I've searched on-line for an answer, but the results are contradictory and/or confusing.
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Old 02-27-2006, 05:51 PM #2 (permalink)  
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Its typically a Limit term meaning to call more than 1 bet in 1 go e.g.

Player 1 bets, player 2 raises (to 2 bets) , You Cold call the 2 bets.


It can be used in No Limit meaning pretty much the same thing, but bet sizes are less defined so

Player 1 raises to 6BB, You cold call with 66 hoping to hit your set.




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Edit: The reasoning behind that Sklansky quote is that if your hand is strong enough to cold call with, then you should almost always be raising instead.
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Bugeye
Old 02-27-2006, 06:30 PM #3 (permalink)  

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Okay, that makes sense. Thanks.
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