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Ignoring the bait of actually defining what a 'float' consists of I'm going to speak in general...
I think this is a mistake because this is BQ and is very important that poker terms are correctly understood, otherwise confusion for noobs is a certainty.
"Floating" is one of several terms that are very frequently badly misused in BQ.
eg
The fish villain floated me...
What's wrong with that. It's oxymoronic...a fish cannot float anybody, because fish do not know what is to "float". They can call and they can "station", but they sure as s**t cannot "float".
Which neatly leads me to my main point...whilst it is always nice to have equity, the main component of a successful flop float is villain tendencies (or population tendencies if you are a zoomer).
If you know villain/population over cbets flop and overfolds turn, you should floating any flop that is hard to hit, with a plan to bet turn, raise turn, or check raise turn to steal the pot. Your cards and equity are often irrelevant (although to repeat, it is always nice to have equity).
In sum
Calling is to do with equity, pot odds, implied odds or pot control or slow play (in a heads up or multiway pot)
Floating is mostly to do with villain/population tendencies and board texture in a heads up pot.
It is absolutely essential to know the difference.
In very simple terms if I "float" flop, nearly always IP and villain checks turn to me I am betting almost 100% of the time.
If I "call" flop, IP or OP, my play on the term is dictated by a myriad of variables.
That's why you need to know the difference. Floating is very + EV against the right villains on the right boards, often with ATC.
Last edited by Fatboy54; 11-19-2018 at 11:28 AM.