Encouraging a player to bet into you is part of trapping. The most important element of this is you have to have the winning hand, no doubt. If there's any chance you don't, then the other player might be trapping YOU.
Playing like this is a sign of experience. A less experienced player gets a good hand, or has the nuts, and they bet big or go all in right away. (Of course, there's plenty of scenarios in which making big bets or going all in early is the right thing to do.) This sends a pretty strong signal about what he has, and players will fold. So the hand may be won, but the pot isn't very big for the quality of the hand.
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Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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