WHAT DEFINES A "CALLING STATION"

Just curious as to what you guys might think. Is it a certain pct. of how many times you call per oppurtunities? Is it someone that plays the first 10 hands in a tourney and is forced to go all in on the 10th hand with 6-8 suited?

 

Hell, I have even been accused of being a "calling station" I guess for this reason. -. Because if I have a considerable amount of more chips than most or all at a table, I may sit and call blinds trying to get lucky on a flop for hours. But it doesn't matter what the chip totals are because I am a firm believer that someone that doesn't play many hands. Is not tight if they force the action once they do get into a pot. Solid, yes, but not tight. Anyway, I digress, what do you guys think when you hear the words, "Calling Station."?

 

This little dude cracks me up ---->

dummies that play every hand, then call you down with bottom pair and need to suck out 2 outers to win

If you limp in with a lot of hands  then check call to the river, you might be a calling station. 

To me, being called a calling station may be a huge compliment if you are not playing decent hands overaggressively, and people are mistaking you for a calling station.  But someone who rarely raises or reraises pre-flop or when the odds dictate that you should not slow play, I consider to be a calling station. 

 

(Eg.  I have AA and 2 people raise big in front of me, I'd be a fool to not go all-in.  Otherwise, the calling station deserves to lose when you let others flop a 2 pair with KQ or a set of nines).  And if your AA doesn't hold up with all your chips in pre-flop, so be it.  That's just bad luck. 

beign called a calling station is not a compliment.

I guess what I meant to say was people mistakenly perceiving me to be a calling station, when in fact, I like calling a lot of small raises early when the blinds are small and people aren't raising enough to get me to fold. 

Telling someone they are a calling station is the same thing as saying their game is weak/passive.

 

 

I think I may have detected a leak in your game.....

Its someone who calls at every street not someone who plays every hand.  You're calling because you're either on a draw or bottom or middle pair.  Gotta raise without the goods to gain some respect.