Editing Betting in poker (section)

===Call===
To '''call''' is to match a bet or match a raise. A betting round ends when all active players have bet an equal amount. If no opponents call a player's bet or raise, the player wins the pot.

The second and subsequent calls of a particular bet amount are sometimes called [[Poker jargon#overcall|overcalls]]. This term is also sometimes used to describe a call made by a player who has put money in the pot for this round already. A player calling a raise before they have invested money in the pot in that round is [[Poker jargon#cold call|cold calling]]. For example, if in a betting round, Alice bets, Dianne raises, and Carol calls, Carol "calls two bets cold".  A player calling instead of raising with a strong hand is [[Poker jargon#smooth call|smooth calling]] or [[Poker jargon#flat call|flat calling]], a form of [[slow play (poker)|slow play]].

Calling in the final betting round when a player thinks they do not have the best hand is called a [[poker jargon#crying call|crying call]]. Calling when a player has a relatively weak hand but suspects their opponent may be bluffing is called a [[poker jargon#hero call|hero call]]. Calling a bet prior to the final betting round with the intention of bluffing on a later betting round is called a [[poker jargon#float|float]].

In public cardrooms, placing a single chip in the pot of ''any'' value sufficient to call an outstanding bet or raise without a verbal action declaring otherwise always constitutes a call. If necessary, any "change" from the chip will be returned to the player at the end of the betting round, or perhaps even sooner if this can conveniently be done. If, when it is a player's turn to act, the player already has an oversized chip in the pot that has not yet been "changed" and that is of sufficient value to call an outstanding bet or raise, then the player may call by tapping the table as if checking.

In public cardrooms and [[casino]]s where verbal declarations are binding, the word "call" is such a declaration.  In public card rooms, the practice of saying "I call, and raise $100" is considered a [[Poker jargon#string bet|string raise]] and is not allowed.  Saying "I call" commits the player to the action of calling, and only calling.

Note that the verb "see" can often be used instead of "call": "Dianne saw Carol's bet", although the latter can also be used with the bettor as the object: "I'll see you" means 'I will call your bet'.  However, terms such as "overseeing" and "cold seeing" are not valid.