Re: Cold Calling
I agree with defence18, Dov, Spladle Master and senjitsu; who gave you a lot of good analysis. However, I would add that poker players, like Presidents, should never say "never." Because there are so few situations in which cold-calling is correct, it can be very disconcerting to your opponents. They will probably peg you as a bad player with a pretty strong hand, you can exploit that misperception. Once they learn that you are a good player, they may fold rather than try to figure out what's going on. That can also be exploited.
Every time it's your turn you can fold, call or raise. If you rule out one of those options, you lose some possible value and make your game more predictable. Just because most people do something too much doesn't mean you should never do it. So cold calling is not heinous, just a tactic that should be used very rarely.
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