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Originally Posted by DumbosTrunk
What about for meta game purposes? Bluff now so I get paid off when I have it next time?
If you play often enough with the same people, and those people are paying attention, then I guess it's theoretically possible.
Remember that a lot of the emphasis on metagame on this site originated with people who were playing thousands of high stakes hands against the same opponents, often heads up. In that context, metagame matters a lot.
But in live games, the conditions that would justify a play that is -EV in a vacuum rarely hold. And if you are in a game that you do not expect to play in frequently, it is almost never worth it.
In sum, for live players, the explanation that you did it for metagame purposes is, more often than not, a post-hoc rationalization for poor play. That's my honest opinion.