Cold Calling

[jackfrost]

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I believe the initial subject of the thread was the guy who asked "why, when people describe their play, do they frequently cite cold calling as such a henious act.

Preflop play is not the most important aspect of the game. However, if you regularly call 2 bets cold with weak, off suit hands that should appropriately be folded, that _is_ a henious leak because you just have so many opportunities to do it. No amount of skill after the flop can recoup those losses... you just dont flop enough big hands.


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I'm not arguing that people should cold call with AQ, it's a simple muck or 3bet depending on the raising standards of your opponent. If you have any of the troulbe hands it's usually a pretty easy laydown unless your up against a real loose raiser and then you are 3betting. Not one thing I have said has suggested playing trouble hands incorrectly. All i'm trying to say is that cold calling is rarely the correct play, but there are times when not cold calling is a mistake.