Floating

Floating is when we have a marginal hand and we want to bluff on either the turn or river to take the pot down.

How often do you use this play?

that depends on the game, and of course the level and method of your opponents, we can do it in my perspective after passing the bubble and being in the items and rarely at the beginning of the game (tournaments), at cash tables possibly after a few minutes analyzing the players, betting levels and other annotations that give you game statistics.

dannystanks said:

Floating is when we have a marginal hand and we want to bluff on either the turn or river to take the pot down.

How often do you use this play?

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depends on your definition of marginal- A marginal made hand has show down value so we do not bluff with it so we do not float to bluff with second pair or even third pair most often.

A true float is when our V is capped and we can use board texture to make them fold because they cannot have the nuts and we can even though we have nothing.

Agree (☝️). Also, sometimes a good read is all it takes. Let's say you're in the BB w/ and after a limper, player 3 raises it up 3.5x the bb. Everyone folds to you. You go ahead and call since player 3 has been playing semi-tight, it feels like a pocket pair like 10's or maybe something like . The limper folds and the flop comes and you slow-check. Player 3 bets 30% of the pot and you call. The turn is a , you slow-check again. Player 3 tanks for about 10 seconds and bets 25% of the pot. You insta-call. The river is an . This is a very good card for obvious reasons; you have the one card to give you the high end of a possible straight, indicating that he/she probably doesn't and there's no way they have a 6. You make a bet that's around 1/2 the pot, an obvious v-bet, and player 3 tanks for a few seconds and folds.
The board is the main factor to bluff here added w/player 3's weak bets. Obviously, it takes a little time and patience to observe a particular player, but this is a move to use on good, seasoned players who understand what hands get played in the blinds, i.e., small-suited connectors and other similar variants. I recommend floating only when you can afford it, tho. GL man.

It all depends on the local situation. It will be effective if you do this while reading the enemy's hand range.

pretty sure i do this a lot in early games or sattalite freerolls

Rarely. I need to learn more about it.

Rarely, I should most likely utilize it more, but I don't think I'm knowledgeable enough in the game to have it incorporated into my standard play.