When Not to Bluff

There is truth in the statement that you can fool some of the people some of the time. Most major Democracies tend to base their election cycles around this platitude. There is a second part to that cliché that talks about the impossibility of fooling all of the people all of the time. This is probably where mid-term elections come into the mix. Fooling people is also a big part of the game of poker. Billions of words have been written about when to bluff, how to bluff, how to tell if someone else is bluffing, but not much is often said about when not to bluff.