Definitions for "Crying call"
Keywords:  anyway, bluff, odds, lose, reluctantly
A call made when you expect to lose, but the pot odds justify the call.
Calling when you expect to be beat, but need to stay anyway, either because of pot odds or the possibility of a bluff.
A call that you make expecting to lose, but feel that you must make anyway because of the pot odds.
Keywords:  reluctant, chance, win, winnning, weak
A call made by a poker player who believes they are behind and has little chance of improving to the winning poker hand.
To complain when making a call. Sometimes a tactic to keep players in the hand.
A call with a hand that has little chance of winnning.
Keywords:  beat, even, calls
When some calls even though they are almost certain they are beat.