Calling Stations

Front 1

How often does a calling station fold his small blind?

Back 1

A calling station rarely folds his small blind.

Front 2

Since a calling station calls all raises and reraises, what should we do with our stronger hands?

Back 2

Raise larger with stronger hands.

Front 3

What are the different kinds of calling stations?

Back 3

Some calling stations are tight preflop but won't give up if they hit a piece postflop, while some call almost any bet or raise regardless of the size. Some calling stations can be bluffed at later stages of the game if they see you have not been active or you pick your spots well.

Front 4

With what range do calling stations generally call small blind raises? What if the raise is large?

Back 4

Calling stations call small blind raises with any two cards generally, even if the raise is large.

Front 5

How do calling stations react to minimum bets?

Back 5

A calling station never folds to a minimum bet on any street, flop, turn, or river.

Front 6

How do calling stations react to large raises and reraises?

Back 6

They call.

Front 7

What is often a pattern of calling for the calling station on flop, turn, and river? Why do they do this? What does this tell us about how our bluffing strategy should look like?

Back 7

A calling station often calls the flop and turn and folds the river. They do this because they love to call with any draw so there are more draws in their range that they fold on the river when they miss. Thus making single and double barrels less effective and three barrels more effective on average.

Front 8

What should you do with junky hands preflop vs a calling station? Why shouldn't you raise them?

Back 8

You should limp them if they are letting you "slot machine approach". You should not raise junk vs a calling station because you can't expect to get a fold postflop when you miss.

Front 9

What kind of raising range should you have vs a calling station preflop and how big should you raise? What is the criteria for a good raising hand vs a calling station?

Back 9

A good general preflop raising range vs a calling station is: 88,99,A9, AT, AJ, KQ, KJs(raise 3x) and TT, JJ, QQ, KK, AA, AQ, AK(raise 4-5x to take advantage of calling tendencies)

We want our hands to be ahead of his range preflop and do well when we hit postflop.

Front 10

What can you do with bigger hands at high blinds in order to end a match vs a calling station?

Back 10

You can sometimes overbet shove big hands at high blinds vs a calling station to end a match.

Front 11

How should you structure your betsizing with value hands vs a calling station on multiple streets and why?

Back 11

You should bet about 90% on the flop, 70% on the turn, and whatever he will call on the river or 50%. The idea is that they are calling more on the flop and turn with any draws and when they miss will fold the river so charge them and make it easier to get the money in when you have a quality hand since there won't be as big of a bet left on the river.

Front 12

What should you do vs a calling station in a raised pot with a strong middle pair?

Back 12

Try for two streets of value using pot control as necessary.

Front 13

What should you do vs a calling station in a raised pot with two overcards to your pair?

Back 13

One and done.

Front 14

What should you do vs a calling station in a raised pot with three overcards to your pair?

Back 14

Give up.

Front 15

What should you do with ace high on a dry board in a raised pot vs a calling station?

Back 15

One and done.

Front 16

What should you do with ace high on a wet flop in a raised pot vs a calling station?

Back 16

Give up.

Front 17

What should you do in a limped pot vs a calling station when you miss the flop out of position?

Back 17

Check.

Front 18

What should you do in order to see if your calling station is remaining a calling station later into a match? Why?

Back 18

Occasionally stab on dry boards to see if he's begun to give up because sometimes calling stations will begin to become believers and give up to some well timed cbets.

Front 19

What should you do in a limped pot vs a calling station when you have middle pair?

Back 19

Try for one street of value and maybe two if the board stays good and your middle pair is still middle pair.

Front 20

What should you do in a limped pot vs a calling station when you have top pair?

Back 20

Try for two or three streets of value depending on how the board gets.

Front 21

What should you do in a limped pot vs a calling station with two pair or better?

Back 21

Go for three streets of value.

Front 22

What should you do if a calling station bets into you and you have a good hand? Why?

Back 22

Raise 4-5x if bet into with a good hand because they will call large raises.

Front 23

How should you play your draws vs a calling station?

Back 23

You should generally play your draws passively vs a calling station because you don't have much fold equity to go with your draw and you are likely behind in equity to any pair.

Front 24

How often should you bluff vs a calling station and if you do how should you do it?

Back 24

You should not bluff frequently vs a calling station but if you do:
-Don't go looking for spots to bluff.
-It mostly only works on the river.
-Make the bluff hard to call.
-Have the bluff make sense and tell a credible and scary story.

Front 25

What should you do with your limping frequency as blinds escalate vs a calling station and why?

Back 25

Limping at higher blinds becomes less valuable as blinds increase because you won't hit often enough postflop and a bet won't take it down. You may be giving too much money away in limps just like you would be by raising junk at lower blinds.

Front 26

What should you do on the turn vs a calling station if you suspect he's on a draw and you have a good hand? Why?

Back 26

Overbet the turn vs calling stations if you suspect they are drawing. They will pay a high price for their draws and it's good to charge them the maximum.

Front 27

What should you pay attention to with respect to calling stations and dry boards postflop? Why?

Back 27

Sometimes a calling station may start to fold on some dry boards occasionally so it's a good idea to keep tabs on him and not get into the habit of never cbetting when he's begun to fold to the occasional cbet.

Front 28

What should you do with respect to betsizing and the calling station?

Back 28

Pay attention to betsizing and what it means. Watch for what hands he shows up with when betting small, valuebet size, pot, or overbetting. Use this information to pick off bluffs when his story doesn't add up.