Floating in NL tournaments

[LearnedfromTV]

One further thought.

The reason floating works is that there are a ton of people who think you are supposed to bet the flop every time you raise. Calling a raise in position with an implied odds hand is twice as valuable when your opponent is one of these people. When you have him covered by a lot and both of you are deepish, not only do you have implied odds and this second layer of (why not?) 'float equity', the type of opponent who is most susceptible to this play is also the type of opponent who gets scared shitless when you calls his raise what seems like every g-damn time.

Edit: Counting on both implied odds and on getting a fold on the turn or river isn't contradictory, since his flaw is putting chips in too often on the flop. It doesn't matter whether you hit or not, as long as you read hands well - he puts free chips out there, on average. And if he's predictable enough, you always have all the info you need by the time you commit significant chips.


(This is why you shouldn't bet the flop every time you raise unless you are playing morons)