Part one of this series on floating can be found here.

Last time around I began looking at the float play, and outlined some of the factors that should be considered when making this play. In this article, I will complete this analysis before looking at some effective counter strategies.

We can start this by looking at the type of hand you need to float. Since you are not looking to take your hand to showdown, your actual holding appears irrelevant. But this logic doesn’t take account of the fact that some of the time your opponent won’t pass to your turn bet.

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It seemed as if this case was done and over, with the defendant not guilty of gambling and the game of skill argument accepted by the court. But the state of Colorado had other things in mind. Though they cannot retry Kevin Raley for “professional gambling,” the original charge that stemmed from his bar poker game, the state appealed the ruling that poker on the basis that the skill game argument had no place in the case. With that, the Kevin Raley and the Poker Players Alliance are taking it all the way to the Supreme Court.

The case of Colorado vs. Kevin Raley came to light in January of 2009, after Raley and others were arrested during a 2008 raid of Rafferty’s Bar in Greeley, Colorado. The b Read the full post …

On August 18th the game of Texas Holdem poker as we know it is in for a big change. While there has been a rash of new games introduced recently into the online poker rooms like Badugi and Deuce to 7, there has been nothing like this new game.

Absolute Poker and Ultimate bet Poker have come up with a new twist on our old favorite Hold’em. And with this new version, players will no longer complain about getting the worst hand, the ‘hammer’ also known as seven deuce (7-2) because very soon, the worst hand will be the best hand!

Hang onto your stack because this new Hold’em game is sure to be wild and wooly with chips flying all over the new 7 Deuce tables. The gam Read the full post …

A man charged with running illegal poker games was found guilt recently when the court rejected the argument the poker isn’t gambling because of the skill factor. Derry Township’s Lawrence R. Burns, 65, was heard to say he was disappointed with the verdict and that he plans to appeal it. Defense attorney David Millstein tried to convince the court that Texas Hold ‘em is more skill than luck, and thus his client was not guilty. Judge Richard McCormick wasn’t buying the argument. Sentencing has yet to commence, but it is unlikely that Burns will have to serve any jail time.

Account Services, a payment processor that handles online poker transactions, will be attending a hear scheduled for August 21st regarding $14 million in poker funds seized from them by the US Department of Justice. The hearing was initially scheduled for August 14th but has been pushed back a week. The Poker Players Alliance had filed a motion with the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, where the hearing is to be held, to allow them to appear and present an amicus brief, and the motion was granted by the court.

Online poker room Everest Poker recently turned five and is offering five exclusive promotions to celebrate. The poker room, known for its focus on the European poker market, will host a $500,000 guaranteed tournament that will conclude its final table live in Las Vegas. The nine final talbe players will be flown to Sin City to play the final table at the same time the 2009 World Series of Poker main event final table is to be played in November. Everest Poker will cover the flights and hotel rooms for the event.

The most exclusive and luxurious entertainment center in Australia, the Crown Casino Melbourne, is gearing up to once again play host to the 2009 PokerNews Cup Australia – and you can be there FREE!

This is an amazing opportunity for players who have dreamed of a trip to Australia, to not only vacation in the ‘Land Down Under,’ but to play in the fantastic PokerNews Cup too! Carbon Poker wants to make your Australian dreams come true, so they are hosting a super FreeRoll – to send you to the PokerNews Cup Australia – absolutely FREE!
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