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Harrington recommends the hammer tactic - you raise on the flop and take the pot from the aggressor. Is t me, or would this be a better time to employ the rope a dope? I would be inclined to reserve the hammer for semi-bluff raises. I think this is recommended in TOP against players who semi-bluff too much. The rope-a-dope is performed by a boxer assuming a protected stance (in Ali's classic pose, pretending to be trapped and lying against the ropes, which allows much of the punch's energy to be absorbed by the ropes' elasticity rather than the boxer's body).

(rōp′ə-dōp′)adj.Rope A Dope Poker
1. Relating to or being a strategy in boxing in which one fighter covers up and often leans back against the ropes to allow the opponent to become exhausted by throwing punches so that the opponent cannot defend effectively late in the fight and is thus defeated.
2. Relating to or being a strategy in which one behaves passively or with little aggression until an opportune moment arises for successful action.
n.
[Coined by Muhammad Ali in reference to his strategy in defeating the younger George Foreman for the heavyweight title in 1974.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

rope-a-dope

n (Boxing)
a. a method of tiring out a boxing opponent by pretending to be trapped on the ropes while the opponent expends energy on punches that are blocked
[C20: coined by Muhammad Ali]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Noun1.rope-a-dope - a boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponent wears himself out throwing punches
boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs - fighting with the fists
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