Using underhand, unfair methods, trickery, speech play, etc to exploit other players or gain information. It is not exactly illegal but it is unethical and ungentleman-like and very much frowned upon and even despised. Yet many people do it.
In the latest WSOP Main Event, the player with the big beard Keating tried to get his opponent to call by saying "good call" while he was in the tank then said that "oh I thought you said call". By doing this he implies that he was bluffing and any call would beat him when in actual fact he had a monster. Check out the video here.
(credit to PokerXpress.net and the WSOP)
A while ago a friend of mine was all in on the river. While the other guy was tanking he said "straight" and then quickly went "opps, you haven't called yet". The other guy folds and he flips over a bluff. I didn't like that move at all. Poker may be mind games and trying to outplay the other guy but it is called bluffing not lying. Lying straight in someone's face is bad enough, he had to show that he was indeed angle shooting!
Here's another example Ivan Freitez (one of the most hated guys in poker) says raise but just put in calling chips and pretends that he made a mistake. It looks like he is forced to raise but in actual fact he has a monster hand and wanted to get extra value by acting this way.
(credit to Pokerstars and EPT)
There's winning and there's winning with integrity. Sports athletes resort to illegal drugs, politicians resort to dirty tactics, dictators resort to killing innocent people and poker players resort to cheating or angle shooting. You might still win in the end, but you lose your integrity, credibility and respect.
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