Floating

[Cobra]

I have often read that someone was floating when they called a bet. Does the term mean calling a bet with the intention of trying to win the hand with a bet after the next card or does it mean making a call without proper pot odds but with sufficient implied odds. Thanks for any help.

Cobra

[kak1154]

The first one.

[pzhon_fan]

A good explanation from the archives found here.

[Acein8ter]

You can raise hugh w/72o in late position. You will most likely be heads up. You opponent most likely puts you on QQ to AA. When you bet it and take down the pot at the turn, you floated...

[GiantBuddha]

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You can raise hugh w/72o in late position. You will most likely be heads up. You opponent most likely puts you on QQ to AA. When you bet it and take down the pot at the turn, you floated...

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That's just stone cold bluffing. You bluffed three times and finally they gave up. Calling a raise preflop with a questionable hand then calling the auto c-bet on the flop with the intention of betting or raising the turn is floating. Basically, it's a call bluff, most effective against opponents who don't like to call big bets or those who like to "realize things."

[paddymcg21]

Surely the idea is that you're representing a big hand and playing it as you would a big hand. I see a lot of players trying to bluff but you know they don't have it. Say you raise with KK and get a caller and the flop comes J J 7 rainbow, if you have a jack in your hand then I don't see raising ur opponents c bet as the play. Raising here just looks like bluffing (obviously really good players will try and raise with the jack to make it look like a bluff on occasion)Basiclly if you were holding JJ,77 or AJ the natural play against one opponent would be to smooth call as long as the board is safe. So it's basically a more thought out bluff. That right??

[chicheebee]

i always thought the point of floating was to get more information about your opponent's hand before deciding whether to bluff. the point being that a lot of people, if they bet preflop and get called, will bet again on any flop, but give up without a real hand if their flop bet gets called. so if you call their flop bet in position, they'll often check the turn, and you'll get a chance to take it away from them. while if they have a real hand, they'll fire again, and you can quietly fold without having risked as much money as you would have raising the flop

[Pov]

To cofirm others, floating is calling in position on the flop with a hand you do not think is best with the intention of betting or raising the turn to represent you have a big hand and were waiting for the big bets - this can apply to limit or no limit.