Fishing

Created by JoeOE18 on December 8, 2009

Definition

Either: Performing some action in order to provoke a useful reaction from an opponent OR playing marginal cards on a draw in the hope of hitting a big hand.

Example

John asked me if I was fishing with a drawing hand, but I think he was fishing for information.

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