a WSOP player said recently...
 

"Not calling a raise is only a small mistake...."

What do you think?

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"Not calling a raise is only a small mistake...."

What do you think?

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1) what is a "wsop player?" anybody who has played in the wsop?
2) is this a joke?
3) what does the statement even mean?

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What do you think?

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It depends.

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What do you think?

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It depends.

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nh

Re: a WSOP player said recently...
 

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"Not calling a raise is only a small mistake...."

What do you think?

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1) what is a "wsop player?" anybody who has played in the wsop?
2) is this a joke?
3) what does the statement even mean?

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It was Dannenmann. It's replaying on ESPN right now.

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Steve Daneman (sorry if i misspleded it) Finished 2nd this year!

I think he didn't call a big bet at the FT with Aj or something like that...

It does depends, but not calling with marginal hands is only a small mistake...

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"Not calling a raise is only a small mistake...."

What do you think?

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its obviously incorrect. not calling a raise with AA is a huge mistake. i think it might be correct if it said "incorrectly folding to a raise is generally a smaller mistake than incorrectly calling a raise." which was probably the general principle he was trying to get at, anyway.

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"incorrectly folding to a raise is generally a smaller mistake than incorrectly calling a raise." which was probably the general principle he was trying to get at, anyway.

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Yeah that's it. I thought it was pretty interesting principle.

Re: a WSOP player said recently...
 

Don't take what Dannenmann says too seriously.

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Don't take what Dannenmann says too seriously.

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You're taking a highly edited broadcast and essentially paraphrasing a note somebody made for themselves. Do you think there could be a context problem here?

All he was doing was emphasizing the gap concept. To read into his statement any further is pointless.

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By the way, it was AT he folded not AJ, Hachem had AJ. I thought it was a pretty good lay down personaly. AT facing a reraise with a 5 man table, suddenly AT doesnt look that good. JMO.

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"Not calling a raise is only a small mistake...."

What do you think?

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When I taught my roommate to play poker, the first thing I taught him was that calling should be the last option you consider. I think a general fear of calling and comfort with folding when raising/reraising fells no good is correct.

There are obviously times when folding to a raise is a huge mistake, but I liked the line when I first heard it.