Yes, and I’ll tell you why.
For the first few years that I played poker, I often showed my set of cards at the end of the poker hand when I was bluffing (which wasn’t often).
I wanted to get the impression in people’s heads that I was a bit of a repeat bluffer. Maybe I would even throw in a few “tells” to sell the story!
This is a complete poker star strategy – make them think you are a repeat bluffer so that sometimes they would call, when, in reality, you have a good hand.
In another phase of my life in casino games, especially Texas Holdem, I then switched to doing the opposite.
For the last few years, I have begun bluffing a lot more in poker games to get more equity. However, other players around the poker table don’t know that. Because now I show my “real” hands, and not my fake ones at the end. This is to give the impression that I am a solid player, who doesn’t bluff so much.
Perception and reality!