Floating in NL tournaments

[Ian J]

For those that read on mid-high LHE forum, you probably already understand the concept of floating. For those who don't, floating is a play often used in limit hold em that involves calling a raise in position, then leveraging that position later on in the hand to try to win without a showdown, or sometimes make a big hand if you fall into one. It is usually done w/ hands like smallish pairs and suited connectors and gappers.

Anyway, here's a hand I played in today's $50R on Stars. My opponent is a player I recognize to be good and thinking.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG+1 (t1500)
MP1 (t5165)
MP2 (t1600)
MP3 (t7810)
CO (t4975)
Hero (t14400)
SB (t7130)
BB (t3025)
UTG (t11257)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
5 folds</font>, Villain raises to t450</font>, Hero calls t450, 2 folds</font>.

Flop: (t1125) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)</font>
Villain bets t750</font>, Hero calls t750.

Turn: (t2625) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)</font>

Villain checks, Hero bets 2250

What do you all think of this play?

Edited to say that I hope Mike doesn't think my title is lame.