Poker: Poker cheats: Angling

Online Poker Strategy. Poker cheats: Angling

This is characterized as any acting out of turn. It is considered angling when any player folds out of turn or signals to bet when it is not that player's turn. Angling is considered by some to be more immoral than outright cheating. Some House rules may even allow for it.

Two examples of angling are as follows:

i) It is not a player's turn to act, but nevertheless, that player throws their hand away as though to fold. That player is holding a strong hand, but because of the 'fold', other players to the angler's right remain in the hand. When the round reaches the angler, the angler reclaims his or her hand, announcing that they are not going to fold after all.

ii) It is not a player's turn to act, but nevertheless, that player signals as though he or she is going to bet. Other players to the angler's right react by not betting or perhaps even folding. When the round reaches the angler, the angler announces that he or she is not interested in betting after all.

A player who uses constant angling is known as an "angle shooter". This may, however, be permitted by the House rules, in that a player may be allowed to reclaim his or her hand if having folded out of turn (hence, the fold did not count), or to change one's mind about a bet before the round reaches him or her.

Read more on Poker Bluffing:

Semi-bluffing
When NOT to Bluff
Using Odds when Bluffing
How to Determine if Someone Else is Bluffing

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Poker Cheats
Prepared Deck
Pot Interaction
Misrepresentation of a Hand
Marked Cards
Angling
Collusion
Dealing From a Shoe
Ending/Leaving the Game
Marked Card Protocol
Splitting Up Anglers
Swapping Decks
Alcohol
Verification
Strangers
Shifting the Cut
Palming
False Shuffling
Extra Cards
The Bottom Deal
The Second Deal
The Peek
The Mechanic's Grip