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[QUOTE="AlwaysStuck, post: 392836, member: 10449"]
I believe that, as a rule, calling is a bad idea.  If you think you are going to win, you should raise to maximize the pot.  If you don't think you will win, you should fold, no matter how tough the fold is.  Believing that you *might* win is relying on luck, and is therefore a state of mind that a serious poker player should avoid.  I don't always follow this rule, because I'm not always on my game, but if someone leads the betting and I'm following all the way along, I feel like a loser even when luck is with me and I take the pot.

The exception is when you're calling the blind preflop, with no raises.  The two preflop cards you get are not a poker hand, so you have no genuine basis for forming a belief as to whether you'll win.

Of course, you can be 100% convinced that you're going to win and still lose, and chances are your losses playing this way will be bigger.  But you'll end up losing less money than you win if you follow three simple rules: (1) If someone chases your lead and draws you out, be tough enough to fold immediately and save one or two large bets.  (2) Fold to any bet after the flop when you don't think you've established dominance, and you save one small and three large bets.  (3) Always lean toward folding preflop, so that, in 50/50 situations, you don't waste even a single bet seeing the flop.

Mind you, this is coming from a guy who likes to play tight aggressive and semibluff perhaps too much.  I'd love to know what your perspectives are on this.

The Bleeder
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