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bbqsquirrel
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02-13-2007, 10:32 PM
Post subject: Floating -- who to blame?
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Flush
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Posts: 260
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In poker, Nothing much feels better than when you bet/raise with nothing and then catching a miracle 2-outer or runner-runner hand, before destacking your opponent.
When that happens, who is the culprit? Do you sympathize the floatee?
Here are some of my successful floating attempts. In turn I don't get floated much, because I usually reraise or fold to a flop raise:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?801104
Check-raise to see whether opponent was c-betting with missed high cards. I got called and then I turned my 2.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?540666
Old hand. Semibluffing with 7 flimsy outs, and then caught runner-runner trips.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?666961
I try to picked up the raised pot on the flop after everybody checked. I was called by trips. Poker God had other plans.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?785268
I was trying to represent AK and make my opponent release what could be A-medium kicker. He had 2-pairs instead and fully paid me off when I rivered my 9.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?765993
A miracle straight flush -- made possible by opponent slow-playing trip-8s.
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swiggidy
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Waiting in the shadows ...
Posts: 3,777
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This is mostly really really bad play on the villains part.
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Vrax
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Full House
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Poland
Posts: 632
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Floating is fine, it exploits bad nits. Anti-float lines are fine too, they exploit bad floaters. Poll lacks third answer "both are good if timed well".
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"How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
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Pelion
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 3,206
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I agree with Vrax. I like people floating against me when I know how many streets they want me to fire. I also like floating against people I know.
Bascially I think floating is horribly abused by people who dont really understand it and I think it can be very good play when done properly (like most plays). It is much better to float when you have a pair (5 out 2 pair draw) or straight or flush draw to fall back on since it turns it into a kind of sophisticated calling semibluff but plently of people float with hideous hands
In poker I dont mind raising preflop and then betting the flop and then catching the miracle 2 outer. The times you are really on the ropes are when you are calling for a 2 outer.
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gabe: Ive dropped almost 100k in the past 35 days.
bigspenda73: But how much did you win?
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bode
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Straight Flush
Join Date: May 2006
Location: slow motion
Posts: 4,270
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if you float, that obv. means your a witch and were going to have to burn you at the stake.
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eeevees are not monies yet...they are like baby monies.
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biondino
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Which stake? I get burned at 100NL
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