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Slowplay

To slowplay in poker is to play a very solid hand in a way that makes other players believe the hand is not as strong as it actually is. Slowplaying a hand is done as an attempt to increase the size of the pot.

e.g "Tony flopped a straight, but slowplayed it so he could a few extra dollars out of the other players."

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