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Introduction to Floating

The idea behind floating is pretty simple. The theory is that aggressive players raise a lot preflop, and miss the flop more often than they hit it. Therefore, an opponent who c-bets often tends to be bluffing a lot of the time. Floating is simply calling an opponent’s c-bet on the flop, in position, with the intent to steal the pot on a later street (usually the turn).

Floating is a technique best used against players with at least some strategic skill. Against total beginners, it’s useless. However once you start running into TAGs and more generally aggressive players, you’ll find that floating is an effective tool that can be used to defend against over-aggression.

The Blocking Bet

If you’ve read through all of the Pokkercards strategy articles, you realize what an important role position plays in poker strategy. Playing in late position is awesome, while playing in early position, quite frankly, SUCKS! Although having a crappy hand in early position is bad, it gets worse- having a marginal hand in early position. What the heck do you do with one of those?