Float
To float is to call a bet with a weak hand, not because you expect it to be best, but to take the pot away on a later street when the opponent gives up.
It is a play against a betting pattern rather than against a hand. Players who bet almost every flop after raising have to check most turns, and a float turns that predictable second decision into a pot you can take.
It works far better in position and far worse without a plan. A float that has no card in mind to bet on the turn is simply a call with a bad hand, which is one of the more expensive habits in poker.
an example
your cards
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The preflop raiser bets this flop and you call with two overcards and no pair. If the turn is a low card and they check, the pot is usually available, and you also have six cards that make you the best hand outright.
This example is made up. The real one is in your own hand history: find float in your own hands and see how often it came up and what it cost you.
related terms
C-bet
A continuation bet, or c-bet, is a bet on the flop made by the player who raised last before the flop.
Position
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Delayed continuation bet
A delayed continuation bet is a bet on the turn by the player who raised before the flop after they checked the flop ins ...
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Forty hands against a bot, no account, and your own hand history at the end.