Sandbagging, hiding the strength, skill or difficulty of something or someone early in an engagement, refer to: * in golf and other games, deliberately playing below one's actual ability in order to fool opponents into accepting higher stakes bets, or to lower one's competitive rating in order to play in a future event with a higher handicap and consequently have a better chance to win **

Sandbagging (grappling) Sandbagging is a term used in martial arts to denote a practitioner who competes at a skill-bracket deemed less rigorous than their actual level of competitive ability. The term is adopted similarly in golf and various forms of racing. In contrast ...

, competing in a skill-bracket or being ranked lower than one is deemed capable of **

Sandbagging (racing) Sandbagging describes someone who underperforms (usually deliberately) in an event. The term has multiple uses, such as a driver who competes in an event in a series below their level of expertise to finish high. In bracket drag racing and short tra ...

, deliberately qualifying slower than what the car can actually perform **

Slow play (poker) Slow playing (also called sandbagging or trapping) is a deceptive play in poker where a player bets weakly or passively with a strong holding. It is the opposite of fast playing. A flat call can be a form of slow playing. The objective of slow ...

, deceptive play in poker *

Sandbagging (law) Sandbagging, in the field of mergers and acquisitions law, refers to the act of claiming a breach of a contractual representation or warranty despite having known at the time of the contract that it was untrue. Legal status of sandbagging Uni ...

, suing for a breach of a contractual representation or warranty despite having known at the time of the contract that it was untrue. * Sandbagging (professional wrestling), to not cooperate with a throw and to act as dead weight, which makes the moves the wrestler is attempting much harder, if not impossible to pull off.

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