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Calling a bet in poker can have it’s advantages, but in many situations, there are also negative points to consider too. On the plus side, you will get to see another card and perhaps improve your hand at minimal cost. This won’t necessarily be the case with multiple players in a hand, but heads up, you will always have this chance when you flat call. Simply calling a bet can often be the best way forward if you are drawing to a hand, for the reasons stated above, but you must be careful with this. If you do hit your hand, your opponent will have a better chance of reading the situation because of your previous flat call.

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Another point to think about when considering a call, is that your choice to do so may often be driven by an uncertainty of whether you are in front or not in a hand, and the flat call shows this. With this in mind, if your opponent is bluffing or semi bluffing in some way, they will be more likely to bet out on the next betting round, than they would be if you had simply reraised. If they were bluffing entirely, that reraise might even win you the pot outright.

The key point to remember is that the size and nature of the bets, calls and reraises you make are all representative of strength, or lack of it.
I do not call that many bets myself, although there is always a place where I feel it is the right option. I prefer to either fold or reraise more often. This way you are either getting away from the hand completely, or you are showing strength, picking up extra information, and potentially winning a pot.

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