[Jeff]

The more callers, the better.

They aren't going to call an all in with garbage. If they do, they have a huge disadvantage to you.

They will call an all in with AA. There is a ~1 in 26 chance of you running into AA.

They will call you with KK, probably QQ, JJ. KK is very, very bad, but there's a high chance at a split, and QQ/JJ/TT are very, very good to be up against.

A big ace will likely call you, AK you dominate, AQ-AT are just as bad.


Let's say lots of good hands were dealt, and people call you with AQo, QQ, AJs, and JJ.

You are so far ahead here that it isn't funny. There are 4 cards in the deck that can beat you.


So, if a lot of people call, you are quite possibly in very good shape because they likely share each other's outs (especially aces). You'd likely be in more trouble if there were different suited connectors that all called.

If 1-2 people call, you have a huge shot at winning unless one of them has AA.

In a larger hand, other players may bet other people out, which gives you less competition, and again, this helps you.


If doubling up or tripling up would put you in really good shape, 2-3 callers is good. More than that will increase your shot at a big stack at the final table though, with an increased chance of failure.

However, given that the callers are more likely to share outs with each other, I'd say the more callers the better, within reason of course.

With 5 people in the pot, it's a coin flip unless someone has aces. A coin flip to quintuple your stack sounds like a nice deal to me.