Is this what they call "floating"?

numeri · #1 11-13-2005, 02:11 AM

I'm sorry, but I just sat down.

Is this what they call "floating"? I see that term, and I must admit I have absolutely no idea what it means. Well, I have some idea - I think this is one. Easy fold, right? Oh, and I should probably raise pre-flop, yes?

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Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
3 folds, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (3 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, Button calls.

Turn: (3 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, Hero ...?

NateDog · #2 11-13-2005, 02:12 AM

I always thought it was a CC

numeri · #3 11-13-2005, 02:14 AM

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See, this is why I asked. Man I am such a n00b. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

NateDog · #4 11-13-2005, 02:15 AM

ask Shant aka 'floater'

Greg J · #5 11-13-2005, 11:50 AM

Just to be clear -- by "CC" you mean preflop cold call, not check call. Right? I'm pretty sure that is what a "float" is. (I'm friendly with the SS cool kids, but I'm not one of them.)

Vote4Pedro · #6 11-13-2005, 02:15 AM

"floating" involves C'Cing with a marginal hand vs a predictable, weak/tight player with the intention of moving him off his hand sometime during the hand

numeri · #7 11-13-2005, 02:17 AM

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"floating" involves C'Cing with a marginal hand vs a predictable, weak/tight player with the intention of moving him off his hand sometime during the hand

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Ahhh... that makes much more sense.

So I wasn't floated on this one. Was I pushed off a better hand?

gharp · #8 11-13-2005, 04:07 AM

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"floating" involves C'Cing with a marginal hand vs a predictable, weak/tight player with the intention of moving him off his hand sometime during the hand

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Ahhh... that makes much more sense.

So I wasn't floated on this one. Was I pushed off a better hand?

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More than you ever wanted to read about floating

On that board, you may have been semi-bluffed off a better hand. But I don't mind the fold too much -- the pot's pretty small.

Preflop is read-dependent -- I'm not raising unless I'm pretty damn sure the BB is folding.

numeri · #9 11-13-2005, 12:01 PM

Wow, that was more than I ever wanted to know about floating.

My thoughts were just like Shillx's - I had no read on BB to tell me this was some weird draw, so I folded. BB turned out to be pretty straightforward, so I think it was the right play.

Shillx · #10 11-13-2005, 04:37 AM

This isn't floating. This is what the call poker. You are either folding or calling down here (this isn't a spot where you are looking to improve to call the river) and it is a tough call against an unknown. You are getting 3.5:1 so do you think that he has a flush draw or some such ~23% of the time?

Brad