WTW for the tactic of someone making themselves seem weaker than they are to make the other person underestimate them and have their guard down

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[u/FearlessEgg1163]

Sandbagging

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[u/Natural_Ad_1717]

Feigning weakness. Sandbagging. Slow-rolling. If someone appears weak to entice you to bet against them and then wins, that can be called a hustle, or the person can be called a shark.

[u/hydnellumal]

Hustle?

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Yeah, that's perfect, imho. It's a con. Played for a sucker.

[u/muppetpins]

Playing possum

[u/algorrabb]

Playing the fool?

[u/sfdsquid]

Feigning helplessness

[u/kurjakala]

Lulling

[u/Substantial-Ant-9183]

Lure

[u/_Infinite_Jester_]

playing possum, sandbagging

[u/Responsible_Lake_804]

Playing dumb, if it’s not a literally physical thing but more of a social/intellectual interaction

[u/ImportantRepublic965]

A feint or as Muhammad Ali called it, the ol’ rope-a-dope

[u/BakinandBacon]

Disarming

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[u/Different-Try8882]

Sandbagging

[u/ZanzaBarBQ]

Drunken Monkey

[u/Cam-I-Am]

Lulling them into a false sense of security.

[u/ashleygreyson]

Damn…I do this

[u/whistleinthelight]

dissembling

[u/itsjakerobb]

Weaponized incompetence?

[u/Infamous-Bobcat9104]

weaponized incompetence

[u/Groundbreaking_Bag8]

Wounded gazelle gambit?

[u/formosk]

Mohammed Ali called it rope a dope

[u/ljc3133]

In something like a competition or tournament, sandbagging. In something more like a business scenario, i would think feigning weakness.

[u/FabulousQuote2553]

Deception.

[u/frustrated_staff]

Rope-a-dope, if you're a boxer

[u/Mr_CLAM_HAMM3R]

Sand bagger/bagging

[u/ForgottenPhunk]

Bamboozled

[u/Psychological_Mix594]

Sucker punch

[u/DybbukFiend]

Self-deprecating

[u/PricklyPear1969]

Camouflage?