And then it was simply a matter of the bluff.
Beginner poker players have it very easy. Play good hands, always bet, never bluff.
One of the choppers set down on the beach below them, the other on the bluff above.
A bluff, perhaps. But it has raised fears of an impending strike and of a clash of something more serious than words.
So I think he would have been much better off to say "actually I've never done that, but I have done this" and to be honest than to try and bluff his way through answering the question.
To their surprise, the authorities called their bluff.
For all the bluster, one can't help feeling the tough EU stance is a bit of a bluff.
Simon Jenkins, a columnist in the Evening Standard and former Times editor is bolder, stating today with admirable clarity that Britain should call the bankers' bluff
That my smile is merely a bluff.
This only works if you are prepared for the possibility that your employer will call your bluff.
I said, calling her bluff.
You can't bluff Satan with logic or your opinion, but you can use the weapon that makes him tremble-the truth of God.
Operators bluff about closing their online businesses, saying price rises will scare buyers away.
The investigator went on to bluff that there was a video camera in the room, though the recording, with its definitive proof one way or the other, would not be accessible until later.
Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff, "OK, Bubba how about Tom Cruise?"
