The calling station

Of all of the many different poker play styles, there is one that is definitely the worst. That would be the calling station. Probably the biggest insult to any poker player is to be called a calling station. The calling station is a player that calls with everything. It does not matter if he has absolutely nothing or a huge pocket pair, this player will call. There are many downsides to being a calling station. The calling station plays way too many hands and plays hands for far longer than they should play them. Playing against a calling station is usually very lucrative because they will pay you off on every hand that you play with them but you cannot bluff a calling station because they never fold. One of the most frustrating things to happen, though, is to be beaten by a calling station because they suck out. Since they call every hand, they do sometimes get very lucky.