Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Floating out of position is usually a terrible play
Floating out of position is usually a terrible play because your opponent will often pot-control the turn with the intention of calling any river bet. Also, you will find yourself check-raising a lot of turns, as that looks strong and credible, but you still have to play the river if you’re called, tempting you to push a lot of money in while drawing dead. Simply put, don’t float out of position.
There is also a play called the delayed float,
There is also a play called the delayed float, in which you float the flop, check behind the turn and bet the river when your opponent checks. This play works well because it represents a hand like top pair with a weak kicker. If you can find a situation where your opponent’s range is made up entirely of weak hands, you can pick up these pots every time.