Angle shooting describes a category of behaviors in the gray zone between ethics and cheating, where a player attempts to exploit rule ambiguities or opponent confusion to gain unfair advantage. Examples include simulating a chip-moving gesture to observe opponent reactions, making ambiguous verbal declarations about intentions, false folding motions, or deliberately confusing opponents about pot size. Unlike explicit cheating, angle shooting rarely results in formal penalty but destroys reputation and can result in exclusion from private games.