Citations:insta-call
English citations of insta-call
Noun: "(poker) a call made right after the last player bets or raises"
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- 2007 — Phil Hellmuth, "A quick trip to a stop and go?", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 April 2007:
- I did my "insta-call," standing up while I moved my chips into the middle so fast that they fell over.
- 2008 — Shawn Patrick Green, "Online Poker: Play a Hand With Ben 'bfineman' Fineman", CardPlayer.com, 12 October 2008:
- So, you end up calling, and the river puts out a blank, as far as you're concerned, the 6♥, and he ends up pushing all in. It's an insta-call on your part, I assume…
- 2008 — Rebecca McAdam, "PartyPoker Premier League First Day Heats Results", CardPlayer.com, 24 November 2008:
- Eastgate began the heads up battle with almost 200,000 more chips than Tran but after some highs and lows, the final hand saw Eastgate go all in with Q-3 followed by an insta-call by Tran with A-K.
- 2009 — Phil Hellmuth, "Poker: A time where I couldn't 'dodge bullets, baby'", MLive.com, 1 June 2009:
- Elky called instantly (what I call an insta-call) and rolled over pocket aces!
- 2009 — Kevin Mathers, "2009 WSOP: Brian Lemke Captures Title in NLHE", PokerNews.com, 9 June 2009:
- Thomas Keller made a move when he shoved all in with Q♥J♦, but when Fabian Quoss woke up with A♣A♠ to make the insta-call, Keller was in bad shape.
- 2009 — Roy Winston, "What a Hand, What a Game!", CardPlayer.com, 18 October 2009:
- UTG+1 raises to $100 and three called when it came to me and with a suited ace in a 5-way pot, it’s an insta-call.
- 2010 — Brian Pempus, "World Series of Poker -- Steve Gee Wins Event No. 13", CardPlayer.com, 9 June 2010:
- Hamby moved in for 431,000 and Baker made the insta-call.
Verb: "(poker) to call right after the last player bets or raises"
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- 2006 — Phil Hellmuth, "A bad beat for Layne Flack", Lawrence Journal-World, 25 September 2006:
- Now he moved all-in on the button for $80,000, and I 'insta-called' him from the small blind with K-J.
- 2006 — Bernard Lee, "Goals accomplished", ESPN.com, 22 December 2006:
- Immediately, I pushed all-in. However, the original raiser insta-called me, flipping over Ad-Ac. Ack!!
- 2007 — Ryan Lucchesi, "Jonathan Little Wins the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown", CardPlayer.com, 23 May 2007:
- Carroll insta-called with K♦ J♦ and the next two cards came 9♦ 7♣.
- 2008 — Neal Gersony, Poker Slam, iUniverse (2008), →ISBN, page 27:
- Bjorn looked at me intensely. The good news was that he didn't instacall, so I knew he didn't have a monster — no set, no two pair, and most likely no strong king.
- 2008 — Bernard Lee, "From bliss to bust", ESPN.com, 7 March 2008:
- Of course, I insta-called, prompting the big blind to shake his head disappointingly -- I had caught him trying the squeeze play, as he reluctantly turned over Jh-10c.
- 2008 — Lance Bradley, "Online Poker: Matthew Hilger (ionlyplayAA) Wins Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guaranteed", Bluff Magazine, 28 April 2008:
- The flop came Qh Qd 2c and UBENICE moved all-in for his last 1,814,180 and ionlyplayAA insta-called.
- 2009 — Dennis Oehring, "'Close But No Cigar' Recap", NBC Sports, 3 January 2009:
- Andy insta-called and spiked two aces on the flop, leaving Dewey drawing to the two remaining jacks to stay alive.
- 2009 — Roy Winston, "Bet Fold on the Turn, Good Job MJ", CardPlayer.com, 18 June 2009:
- The turn is a 2♠ and after I check he makes it $4,000 and I insta-call and he mucks his hand right away, before the river card.
- 2009 — "TassieDevil", "Ylon Schwartz Eliminated in 18th Place ($8,782)", PokerNews.com, 6 November 2009:
- The river was the K♥ and his opponent, Stewart Yancik, fired out another bet from the small blind with Schwartz insta-calling for his last chips.
- 2010 — Rebecca McAdam, "Kevin Stani Wins EPT Tallinn Main Event", CardPlayer.com, 17 August 2010:
- Stani shoved all in and Mattern insta-called for his tournament life.
- 2011 — "2011 World Series of Poker Day 36: Hellmuth at Final in Poker Player's Championship", Ante Up, 6 July 2011:
- Dror Michaelo insta-called from the big blind with pocket nines.