Definition of Floating

[jetsonsdogcanfly]

There has been a fair amount of misunderstanding on the boards lately regarding the definition of a float. Is it a cold call preflop to disguise a premium hand? Is it a situational cold call preflop with a borderline holding? Some of the discussion leads me to believe that it is just a word we made up to rationalize questionable cold calling and angle shooting.

I imagine it´s actually a legitimate concept, so I thought it´d be good if we actually all agreed on what the word means.

Opinions?

Yeah I just saw Daryn´s post. His is funny, yadda yadda yadda, I´m still curious.

[Sully]

just a word we made up to rationalize questionable cold calling and otherwise fishy preflop behavior.

If you did a scientific test on Party Poker, I bet you would see a marked increase in cold calling that would coincide exactly with the arrival of this word.

[SoBeDude]

I know all this talk of floating has me wanting to call 2 cold with a much wider range of hands.

Lets come up with a term for 3betting with 72o, and see if we can get that into vogue too?

-Scott

[flub]

It's cold calling by someone who knows better. A donk cold calls, someone who knows he/she shouldn't cold calls floats.

-f

[stigmata]

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3betting with 72o

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Hey, this is standard "fold-equity isolation", haven't you read HEPFDP?

[PokerBob]

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Lets come up with a term for 3betting with 72o,

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retardation

[bernie]

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Some of the discussion leads me to believe that it is just a word we made up to rationalize questionable cold calling and angle shooting.



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Angle shooting? Where do you get that from?

b

[brick]

Floating is a specific type of Cold Calling. It's Cold Calling in position (Button or CO), against fewer (say 1 or 2) players who tend to play weakly postflop and therefore you are much more likely to make a play at the pot if the situation arises.

Also, donk betting is a weak lead if a good player does it. Good players don't donk bet.

-The Brickster