Ally or Enemy?

Telling that a calling station is your chum is not enough, it’s an understatement. This kind of poker personality is what the disciplined poker player dreamed of having in the game. They always plays any hand no matter what the outcomes is, and aside from then they are very approachable - a good feature of a poker player which can give you a lot of money.

This sort is kind of sensitive to money, they are eager to spend a lot of their own. If you don’t know any kind of poker profiles you might think that a calling station is losing their money deliberately.

Selectivity & Aggression

The name says it quiet literally: Calling Station. They are willing to play every kind of hand but they are now aggressive players unless they have the nuts at hand. But some of them even check an excellent hand depending if they like the players following them. They also wanted a very sociable atmosphere in the table and will not do anything that will make it bad.

They are very positive, see through the potential and seldom see the outcomes. They like to have fun and virtually play because of it. They see the money they use at the table as something they can also do in spending it elsewhere thinking that poker is better.

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.

Having a calling station at your table is one perfect affair. But keep in mind, that a number of this kind of poker personality at one table at once is not an ideal set up of a game.

Adjustments

One way to deal with calling stations at a good way is to make them stay happy and let the other players realized that they need to make them happy. - A loud bark for BOOK WORMS who like to boast their stuffs.

In testing them, you might be perplexed when you saw them playing better than you do. A number of calling station knows how to play better poker but they just don’t want to do it the boring way - however, you must beware.

When face with a calling station try not to boast you’re poker abilities and how much you gained from them. Make them happy, and relax a little and you’ll get your rewards in the end.