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		Discussions of bluffing in business commonly invoke reservation prices, but need not; one could misrepresent his position in any number of areas including the financial health of a company poised for merger, the authority that has been granted to him by the parties that he represents, or even one's enthusiasm about a project.
		Bluffing has long been a topic of considerable interest to business ethicists. On the one hand, bluffing seems to bear a strong resemblance to lying, and therefore might be thought to be prima facie impermissible.
		If bluffing did not exist in poker, and everyone’s bet merely reflected the strength of their hands, there would be no game at all since the final results would all be made apparent.
	www.uweb.ucsb.edu /~fha0/Bluffing.doc (4308 words)

	Poker Bluffing - The Bluffing Stream - Bluffing in Poker
		Bluffing is risking loss, and people suck at losing, so the psychological effects of bluffing should be put into your mental calculator when deciding whether to bluff or not.
		Bluffing is the act of earning with personal boldness some economic value that you were unable to earn with the objective assets of your cards.
		Bluffing is a good because it is, or should be, one of your diversified revenue streams.
	www.playwinningpoker.com /articles/03/24.html (609 words)

	HIGH ROLLER 03/01 - The Art of Bluffing (cont.)
		But, frankly, I doubt that his bluffing attempts are all that successful, simply because I doubt that he bluffs as often as he thinks he does!
		Yet, the advertising concept deserves serious thought, and, in some bluffing occasions, it might well be better to be caught, depending on how much potential advertising value the hand in question holds.
		Consequently, it is best to bluff or be caught bluffing when there are eight players at the table (but not necessarily all active in the pot) than when there are only three.
	www.smokemag.com /0301/roller/house2.htm (1016 words)

	Bluffing in Poker - Optimal Bluff Strategy
		Bluffing and bluff strategy is one of the hardest but most fundamental parts of poker.
		That being said, bluffing is no small task, as it requires good poker sense, timing and guts to pull it off.
		Then it's easy, because although it's not true, but it always seems like this is the case: when you are holding a powerful hand, everyone and their grandma is out to call you down to the river.
	www.tightpoker.com /bluffing.html (1638 words)

	UPF - what chips to use when bluffing?
		I am accustomed to playing limit live games with the same denomination of chip, so it doesn't really come up there, but is definitely a factor in no limit tourneys in which there are many different chips in play.
		So then I watched the other average/mediocre players that I play with(and beat) and noticed that they would play the same way and be much more likely to back down from a bet made with a few of the highest denomination chip.
		Psychologically, it may have some impact, but in general, I just vary it up, meaning: sometimes when I have a real hand I'll put in two chips and sometimes I will put in four chips or whatever the chip amount may be.
	www.unitedpokerforum.com /archive/2003-12/17/43979 (1924 words)

	Trials, Triumphs & Trivialities #155: Strategic Insights: Bluffing Games
		However, you could also be bluffing about what you're going to do, a potential element in just about any strategy game, but one that's brought to the forefront in a game specifically designed to support bluffing.
		Really, this is another type of bluffing that could happen in any type of game, but what I'm most interested in are those games which purposefully make action bluffing a part of their gameplay.
		Bluffing is one of those game systems that you should at least think about for any game.
	www.skotos.net /articles/TTnT_155.phtml (2343 words)

	HIGH ROLLER 0301 - House Advantage: The Art of Bluffing
		Thus, by betting under the gun, which would on first thought seem to be a very bad bluffing position, C puts A in the whipsaw, and his bluff is likely to succeed.
		His downfall was not that he bluffed too often or that he bucked the odds by drawing to inside straights, but simply that he called too many end bets.
		Perhaps bluffing and throwing his money around make him feel important, or else he is simply foolhardy.
	www.smokemag.com /0601/roller/house.htm (1686 words)

	Funagain Games: Vabanque
		The skill and the fun lie entirely in the bluffing and in the attempt to read what your opponents are likely to do.
		Bluffing: If you dont like bluffing, youll hate the game, because thats pretty much all the game is about.
		Yes, there is a miniscule amount of tactics (where you put the chips) and a small amount of logic (if he moved there, he couldnt have cheated here, etc.), but the simple fact is, if you are good at reading other peoples bluffs, youll do extremely well at this game.
	www.funagain.com /cgi-bin/funagain/12547?;;BRUN (2194 words)

	Bluffing in NL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I noticed when i was watching poker on TV that a few of the players did not go all the way through with thier bluffs - for example they would bet all the way through to the river and then check the river which IMO is an extremely weak play.
		The problem most players seem to have is that the idea of bluffing only occurs to them half-way through the hand, when they suddenly decide they can skilfully represent a flush, trips, whatever.
		When bluffing (but I don't ever bluff), I like to hit it hard on the turn and hope they give me the pot.
	www.internettexasholdem.com /phpbb2/-vp61465.html (1815 words)

	Poker Pages: Poker Articles
		Bluffing Part 2 This is the second in a four-part series on bluffing.
		As a result, the threat of a bluff combined with the bluff itself, is designed to help a player win some pots that he would otherwise lose, and to win more money in pots where he actually has the best hand.
		If you are never caught bluffing, you are either the best bluffer in the history of poker or you are not bluffing often enough.
	www.pokerpages.com /articles/archives/krieger14.htm (1129 words)

	UPF - Bluffing in NL tourneys
		I think bluffing is a powerful tool in NL tourneys, one which, I would argue, almost HAS to be utilized to do well on a consistent basis.
		There's no use bluffing on piddly little pots in the beginning since, in my opinion, it will be detrimental to your ability to bluff later on when the blinds are higher and the pots are worth bluffing at.
		When you're on the button and 4 callers just check to you, you have to realize your bluff may be a little more transparent than it would be if you were the second one to act.
	www.unitedpokerforum.com /archive/2003-12/20/44446 (1143 words)

	Dummies::Mastering the Art of Bluffing in Poker
		Even if you figure your opponent to be bluffing only one time in ten, you should call.
		As a result, the threat of a bluff combined with the bluff itself, is designed to help a player win some pots that she would otherwise lose and to win more money in pots where she actually has the best hand.
		After all, if she were to throw the winning hand away and relinquish a big pot, that's a much more costly faux pas than calling one additional bet.
	www.dummies.com /WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-1003.html (667 words)

	The art of bluffing
		Anyway as far as my own experience on bluffing goes there are three things you have to know to pull a bluff.
		When bluffing, you have to be able to sense weakness in your opponent, and say you raise pre flop with nothing, and bet the flop with nothing, and you get a flat call, then you are either being trapped or they are fishing for outs.
		But basically, be consistant and aggressive when bluffing, you can't get scared after a call on the flop, or even the turn in some cases, if they are waiting for a spade on the river, if there aint a drawing hand out there that could possibly be hit on the river then bet again.
	www.cardschat.com /showthread.php?p=295770 (1442 words)

	:: Poker Bluffing - Intro ::
		Poker Bluffing is the part where artistic drama fits in the game, there's very little games that mix drama skills, and you can call poker the mother of that bluffing telent based games.
		And it's often bluffing - or more precisely the possibility that one might be bluffing - that goes a long way toward separating the wheat from the chaff.
		Bluffing, after all, is merely a form of deception.
	www.geocities.com /poker_bluffing (640 words)

	AskMen.com - Bluffing
		The point is that even though I was still bluffing about hunting you down like a dog and maiming you, my bluff had "backing." I have the possibility of getting somebody to do their computer thing and finding you on the Interneto.
		Yes, I do say that, but bluffing and lying are two completely different beasts.
		I'm going to sound like a broken record over here, but a bluff is not a lie, it's a statement that might not be completely true at that very moment, but has a possibility of being true if you wanted it to be.
	www.askmen.com /money/mafioso_100/121_mafia.html (562 words)

	PokerTips.org Discussion :: View topic - No bluffing in low limit?
		Bluffing (and semibluffing) of course work better in NL.
		Probably because they don't understand that bluffing is only a good idea when the board cards, the pot size, the previous actions, and the number of opponents is just right.
		A beginner might try a bluff on the flop with As 6s in early position against five opponents when the board cards are [Qc Jh 9c].
	www.pokertips.org /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3649 (658 words)

	The Ogre Stronghold - Bluffing In Warhammer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It might be a beardy road, filled with the potholes of arguments, bad sports marks and annoyed opponents - but there are a belly full of laughs to be had, as well as chunky victories and actually some accolades from opponents who appreciate a clever bit of deception both on and over the table.
		Now I won't pretend to be the king of bluffing, there's plenty of you lot out there who could write theses on the art.
		The basic concept of bluffing involves you looking strong where you are weak and weak where you are strong.
	www.ogrestronghold.com /articles/article4.htm (4599 words)

	UPF - Online Bluffing Question
		Bluffing online is almost a waste of time at the low limits and in the early stages of a tourney.
		Even if the average pot you're bluffing at has 5 BB in it, you're still getting 2 BB of profit.
		Either your bluffs are working out better than you had thought or you're not winning as many of them as you think.
	www.unitedpokerforum.com /archive/2003-09/01/25742 (1340 words)

	Caller.com: Columnists
		Although the city apparently didn't have the staffing resources to patrol what it considered to be a problematic stretch of highway, it was nonetheless able to control speed somewhat by bluffing.
		Once an employee is hired, the employer doesn't normally expect the employee to dress quite as nicely, speak quite as eloquently, and mind the "p's and q's" quite as conscientiously as during the interviewing process; it's simply part of the interviewing game.
		In judging whether bluffing in business is ethical, one may use the same ethical tools available in evaluating any ethical situation.
	www.caller.com /ccct/business_columnists/article/0,2537,CCCT_830_3833799,00.html (767 words)

	Poker News - BLUFFING STRATEGIES
		In the game of poker, bluffing is a common action that refers to deceiving other players about a hand, whether good or bad.
		To be successful with bluffing, you need to know how and when to bluff and special techniques to determine when other players are bluffing.
		Okay, if you find another player bluffing excessively, you could use that against him or her to your own advantage just as other players could use your excessive bluffing against you.
	casinobuzz.com /blog_b.php?title=bluffing_strategies&more=1&...&pb=1 (809 words)

	Al Qaeda bluffing about having suitcase nukes, experts say / Russians claim terrorists couldn't have bought them
		Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir, who is writing bin Laden's biography, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. last week that al-Zawahri made the boast during a 2001 interview when he was asked whether the terror network really had nuclear weapons.
		But Russian nuclear officials and experts on the Russian and post-Soviet nuclear programs adamantly deny that al Qaeda or any other terrorist group could have bought Soviet-made suitcase nukes, which were built in the 1960s for use against NATO and U.S. targets by special Soviet military intelligence agents.
		"(Al-Zawahri) is bluffing," an unnamed official at the Russian Federal Nuclear Energy Agency told the official Ria-Novosti news agency Monday.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/23/MNG8D5PM7L1.DTL (880 words)

	Bluffing in NL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		If you are going to bluff, first think of how you would play what you are representing.
		I think follow thru with a weak bluff is the most common mistake for beginners.
		As I said before I struggle with bluffing.
	www.internettexasholdem.com /phpbb2/-vp61311.html (1816 words)

	PLAYHOLDEMONLINE.COM - bluffing
		Many beginning poker players love this idea of bluffing and often misuse it.
		The value of the bluff increases under certain general circumstances that often have a lot to do with information you assume about the other players.
		The main thing is always to know your players and to not do it so often that it never works.
	www.playholdemonline.com /content/view/71/34 (862 words)

	Funagain Games: You're Bluffing!
		Be a clever auctioneer and bluff your way through cattle trades to earn yourself the most valuable animals.
		As far as the bluffing, the game is probably misnamed.
		It's more calculating and second- guessing with a dash of bluffing for good measure.
	www.funagain.com /cgi-bin/funagain/12771?;;BRUN (720 words)

	[Capes] Bluffing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This would mean that, far from seeing less "Burning Orphanage Collapse" Events, you'd see more of them (and more villains being trapped inside the burning orphanage when it collapses under hero control as it eventually must) because the Editor wants to grab control of such Events in the most comics-code-threatening way possible.
		So i do not see that bluffing is really necessary to handle this kind of stuff.
		Now, it would appear that Bluffing is about introducing an Event that could breach the Code, but won't because it will instead be replaced with a significant advantage for the bad guys if they resolve it.
	www.indie-rpgs.com /viewtopic.php?t=13003 (3032 words)

	Amazon.com: Phil Hellmuth's Million Dollar Secrets to Bluffing & Tells: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bluffing and Tells are a HUGE part of poker, and for many players, the part they need the most help with.
		Unlike some of the other DVDs I've seen on the subject this one is jam packed with useful tips and practical insights.
		Phil Hellmuth very simply explains some of the "secrets" to bluffing that can be easily used.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002JP5FY?v=glance (956 words)

	who is bluffing whom? : Fool Moon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In an attempt to save skin there is a plan to spend a further $600 million for weapons search money that could be spent in rebuilding Iraq.
		Also there are reports early thursday that Saddam may have bluffed that he had WMDs to deter war (which hasnt worked obviously).
		or is it more likely that London and washington were bluffing to their domestic public?
	foolmoon.com /showthreaded.php?Number=117219 (95 words)

	Game classification -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		What sort of challenge / skill is involved (e.g.
		abstract calculation, anagramming, luck, bluffing, verbalizing, coordination, speed, etc.)?
		The main disadvantage is that too many games fall under more than one head.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ga/game_classification.htm (618 words)

	PLAYHOLDEMONLINE.COM - semi-bluffing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Semi-bluffing in Texas Holdem is used best in bluffing situations.
		It is more useful (and preferable) against a lot of players, as opposed to outright bluffing, since the odds tend to be better.
		Other than that, you'll want to use semi-bluffing in late position, usually on the flop or turn, against mediocre flops, and against poor players.
	www.playholdemonline.com /content/view/72/34 (621 words)

	Poker Books (Sklansky / Malmuth / Zee Collection)
		Some of the ideas discussed in the Omaha eight-or-better section include general concepts, position, low hands, high hands, your starting hand, how to play your hand, play on the flop, multiway versus short handed play, scare cards, getting counterfeited, your playing style, and much more.
		In addition, advice is offered on which game to play, controlling steaming, marginal hands, selecting the best game, bluffing, unusual strategies, raising with suited connectors, keeping poker honest, reading hands, checking aces, and much more.
		Advice also is provided on bluffing errors, lowball value betting, profitable losing bets, playing patterns, going all in, acting the opposite, "running bad," raising with weak hands, getting maximum value, playing short-handed, and image plays.
	www.bjrnet.com /shop/cat_pok_SklanskyMalmuth.htm (2679 words)

	NASA Not Bluffing on Station Cuts
		WASHINGTON - The nation's civilian space agency is not bluffing Congress by recommending the International Space Station be dramatically downsized in hopes sympathetic lawmakers will rescue it, a top NASA official said Friday.
		During a teleconference with reporters Friday, Hawes said he had no knowledge of why Abbey was removed.
		Bob Walker, former chairman of the House Science Committee, discounted speculation that NASA is bluffing its budget crisis.
	www.space.com /news/spaceagencies/fl_budget_010303.html (837 words)

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