sandbaggers

Noun

sandbagger (plural sandbaggers)

1. One who sandbags (misleads about their ability level in order to win bets); a hustler.
   • The best seat is in front of players who open freely and raise freely, and behind any sandbaggers (players who pass strong hands and then raise when someone else opens). “Openers to your left, sandbaggers to your right.” This is especially true in a limit game.2004 May 1, Albert H. Morehead, The Complete Guide to Winning Poker, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
2. (historical) A robber who sandbags (suddenly strikes, with a sandbag or other object, so as to stun) victims.
   • The Day-Globe, Waco, Texas, July 5th., 1893, writing on "The Conscienceless Juror," says: […] 'Red Farrel' a notorious sandbagger and robber was on trial in Judge Moise's Court.1896, May W. Mount, Some Notables of New Orleans: Biographical and Descriptive Sketches of the Artists of New Orleans, and Their Work, page 103