Friend or Enemy?

A calling station is the best friend of all friends in poker. They are the reality of dreams for an excellent poker player. They are very friendly and will literally hand out their money to their opponents easily.

This kind of poker personality seems allergic to money: its like watching someone who wanted to lose anything they have at the poker table.

Selectivity & Aggression

Calling stations are quietly summarized by their names. They nearly play all hands they are dealt with. They are passive players and will only get aggressive if they have the nuts in hand. But they can check with the nuts if they like their co-players and will do anything not to make a lousy atmosphere.

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.

As long as they are entertained while playing poker, they will assume that they are not wasting their money.

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 personality has a poker IQ of zilch. They know how to play the game and are quiet smart - but they care less in winning. They think that playing good poker is dull and all they wanted is to have fun. Winning is not their main priority.

They just play their cards, see re-raising and betting as one and assume that a gut shot is an excellent draw.

They are one of the best opponents you should have at bay. But having multiple calling stations at your table can be quiet devastating.

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.

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.