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caller

caller

1 6.3
A player who matches a bet to end betting and see other players' cards
  • noun
  • /ˈkɔːlər/
  • Jargon
translation icon : jugador que iguala (póker)
  • Jack's in the big blind with two callers.

Examples

  • -Not a shot caller.

  • The other big hand at the table, I smooth call 5 with AK; he raises 20 and another caller.

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  • Caller #5:

  • There were two callers; one guy had trip kings, the other guy, who I was worried about, had J6 of clubs.

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  • So I started losing. I go all in for 27 with 22s again, 5 callers, and wouldn't you know it.

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  • In the final round of the poker game, I became the last caller and revealed my cards to see if I won.

  • During the high-stakes match, he was known as a skilled caller, often matching the bets of others.

  • With three players remaining, each caller revealed their hands simultaneously to determine the winner.

Compounds

20 3.0

A service or device that shows the phone number and sometimes the name of an incoming call

A person who calls a radio or TV show for the first time

signal caller
  • Jargon
2 7.4

A player who leads the team's offense by calling plays, usually the quarterback

caller-out
  • Jargon
9.0

A person who calls the steps in a dance like a square dance

Surface Forms

caller singular
callers plural

Morphology

caller = call (semi-transparent) = call + er

This is a regular agent noun, but it depends on a specialized gambling sense of the verb 'call'.

Etymology

Caller comes from the verb call, which also means 'to match a bet' in card games, so a caller is the player who matches the bet and forces the final show of the hands.