I’d say bluffing in poker isn’t really lying. I mean you certainly can look at it that way, but another way to look at it is “I have good hands here more often than you do so here strategically you have to fold when I bet”

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jayknight 5 days ago | parent [-]

The difference between a lie and a surprise is that soon everyone will know what the surprise was. A lie has the intention of concealing the truth forever.

	▲	kqr 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Correct, and a bluff is not intended to last forever. Bluffing is revealed eventually, because you can only have a pair of aces so often, statistically speaking. At that point, the table awareness of the bluff is still profitable because it forces others to bet into your strong hands. A bluff that is revealed is just as good as one kept secret. Many people seem to misunderstand this.
	▲	Talanes 5 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		We tell plenty of lies that aren't intended to hold up forever — whether it's a lie to a stranger that you hope to be away from before the lie becomes apparent, or a lie to a acquaintance that you hope is small enough that the social friction of confronting you over it would be worse than the lie.
	▲	tasuki 4 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> A lie has the intention of concealing the truth forever. Is that a thing... in English? Or in some specific part of the world?
	▲	cman1444 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Well I guess you better hope your kid kindly shows their hand after you fold to their shove.