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  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 clich? 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.



  Lying is the glue that keeps society from tearing itself apart, so for many people keeping a bluff to themselves is counter to their hard wired nature. Despite this, there are some definite times to avoid bluffing and just play the game straight.



  First of all, know who you are at the table with. A bluff into a player who never folds is about as useful as having a debate with a block of cement. The best you can hope for with a player like this is to show some weakness when you have a good hand: perhaps that will encourage them to put more money into the pot, but beware of the bad beat at the river.



  Multi-way pots are bad bluffing situations. You might scare off one or two people, but if you lose the hand, your bluff will be exposed. This will be something your opponents may use against you next time you try to bluff.



  Finally, bluffing into a big stack may look like fun: all those chips sitting there, calling to you, but if you are the small stack, and you are trying to get the big stack to fold, the bluff may not be worth the effort. Unless the player is incredibly tight, they are going to feel safe behind their mountain of chips, and keep calling you until they eventually break you. Time and chips are on their side.