slow playing
Hiding your strength
Slow playing is a poker strategy of betting weakly with a strong hand to keep opponents in the game, hoping to extract more money later: He was slow playing pocket aces.
The tactic extends to any situation where someone deliberately underplays their advantage: The company was slow playing the acquisition talks to drive up the price.
- sandbaggingFeigning weakness strategically
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
- deceptiveCreating false impressions
- pokerHearth implement for coals
- checkOrder to pay
check raise · limp · underplay · disguise · cunning · bait · lure · patience · passive · waiting · ambush · concealing · strength · hustle · feigning · weakness · rope-a-dope · setup
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