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FWIW, its ALWAYS an angleshoot when someone asks.

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Not necessarily. Often it's just how someone likes to play. Every heard of "want to run it twice?" Similar idea.

This often happens with a hand that someone does not want to make difficult decisions with, and also doesn't want to play with their whole stack. Or just doesn't want to make big decisions - just wants to play a relaxed hand. Of course it *could* be an angle shoot, but often not.

Hands they might want to play this way are AK, 66, or 65s. And it's not necessarily a bad bet to take either.

Since your opponent told you he had a flush draw, you now know you can't trust him. Meaning: agreeing to check down is not binding, and since he lied about that, he could lie about checking it down too. You can

1 - agree to check down against someone you trust
2 - agree to check down a hand like 77 against someone you don't trust, and then hammer then when you hit your set and they bet into you on the river
3 - simply decline