The difference between re-raising here and floating, is that in the “float” you’re actually hoping to catch something rather than just make your opponent fold straight away.
Even if you having nothing (3h-8d), you can call his bet and bluff him off the next street where the pot becomes more valuable. LAGs are the most profitable to float against because they’re usually leading out with nothing and are easy to force off hands in later streets.įor example, a typical LAG with a VPIP% of 25% will call from LP with 5h-6d and cbet most random boards 7h-Kd-Js. The higher up the stakes you go, the more common cbetting becomes. Bear in mind that most of the time your opponent will have missed the flop, he’ll catch something less than 40% of the time. These guys need their ears clipped and you have to stop them stealing chips all of the time. With the number of LAGs in cash games these days, it becomes necessary to start hitting back and defending yourself from such aggression.įloat play is optimal against loose-agressive players who have a high cbet%. I think it’s fair to say that in the modern world of poker float play is becoming steadily important. The definition of float play is calling a raise with nothing, in the hopes of catching a hand or bluffing our opponent on a later street to take down the pot.
