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A cold call is calling a raise when you have not yet invested chips voluntarily on that betting round. Preflop, it usually means calling an opening raise without previously limping or raising.ExampleA player opens to 600, another player folds, and you call 600 from the cutoff. That is a cold call.

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Published: September 29, 2026
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