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Title: Floating in no-limit and pot limit poker games
Source: Poker Junkie
URL Source: http://www.pokerjunkie.com/floating ... imit-and-pot-limit-poker-games
Published: Apr 15, 2011
Author: Unknown
Post Date: 2011-04-15 10:31:45 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 6035
Comments: 5

Floating is a move that is used by many experienced poker players to win pots against weak opponents. It's a very good tool in each poker player's arsenal if used right.

Floating means calling the flop with a weak hand that you normally wouldn't, because you don't believe that your opponent have much of a hand either and will shut down the betting on turn, enabling you to steal the pot with a bet. Many of the players on the low and mid stakes online are scared to fire a second bullet on the turn without a pretty strong hand because they believe that you will need to have a hand to call them on flop.

The float play works best against weak and in-experienced players. As with all bluffs it shouldn't be made to often on order to be successful. This move is usually made on the turn rather than the river. You don't want to give your opponent a free card that will make him/her call your river bet.

So what is a good spot for floating?

You are acting on the read you have on your opponent so position is important here. You want to see if your opponent checks or fire another bullet on the turn. (Because your move basically depends on a check here.) To be floating you want to be up against a single opponent. There is a too great a risk that someone will hit a good turn card if you are up against multiple opponents, making it impossible to bluff.

To have a good read of your opponent is essential. The ideal candidate to be floating against is a player that usually continuation bets on the flop, but shuts down on the turn if someone calls. Watch out for strong opponents that will continue to push and weak opponents that never fold if they've got any piece of the board what so ever.

The texture of the board is also important; you don't want it to contain any good draws. Your opponent might be on a draw and less inclined to fold, but more importantly he/she might think that you are on a draw and therefore check call the turn instead of folding. What you want to avoid is flops with many high cards, connected flops and flops containing two cards of the same suite.

Floating is all about timing, so try to choose your spots careful and don't over do it. If you've read the situation wrong and your opponent keep betting on the turn, it's probably best to shut it down and wait for a better opportunity.

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#1. To: Deckard (#0) (Edited)

Floating is all about...

...having people who know what they are doing at the table.

Amateurs never bluff or, if they do, do so badly.

America...My Kind Of Place...

war  posted on  2011-04-15   10:46:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Deckard (#0)

I like to play very tight and just wait for dumbasses like this to try and buffalo me. I don't win by making the bets; I win by calling the idiotic bets this guy suggests making.

Now, I know I’m not going to change the minds of any of the True Believers…those who read all of Reverend Al’s sermons, and say things like, “You know, global warming can mean warmer OR colder, wetter OR drier, cloudier OR sunnier, windier OR calmer, …”. Can I get an ‘amen’??

no gnu taxes  posted on  2011-04-15   11:12:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: no gnu taxes (#2)

....I win by calling the idiotic bets this guy suggests making.

Wow...we agree. 5 person table, if you don't know who's good and who isn't after 3 blinds then you should leave...

America...My Kind Of Place...

war  posted on  2011-04-15   11:17:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: war (#3)

All that being said, I lost about $700 a couple of months ago when a guy with K 2 went all in on me with my AK.

Flop comes A J 7

Easy win right?

Not win the turn, river is 2 2.

Yes that's right.

Makes you want to believe what they say about online poker being fixed

Now, I know I’m not going to change the minds of any of the True Believers…those who read all of Reverend Al’s sermons, and say things like, “You know, global warming can mean warmer OR colder, wetter OR drier, cloudier OR sunnier, windier OR calmer, …”. Can I get an ‘amen’??

no gnu taxes  posted on  2011-04-15   11:31:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: no gnu taxes (#4) (Edited)

I just lost, final table, at a charity event last month with AAA [pocket A's] K. After the flop, which was a diamond - 10 I think, the Ace of Hearts and two 2 of spades, it was down to me, as dealer, and one other, with his bet on the table. I was sure that I was being bluffed. I combo'd everything in my head, felt the hand was strong too, and saw, raised, called All In. He didn't fold. So face up we go and he has squat - two spades, three with the flop.

Fucker pulled a flush on the goddam turn/river 5 of spades and K of spades.

Oh well, it was for charity and I'd have given the "money" [the value of a SONY 3D TV] to them but it still sucks to lose. He was out next hand, btw.

America...My Kind Of Place...

war  posted on  2011-04-15   12:12:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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