bluff call

A risky strategy in poker in which a player calls down a hand when they, in fact, have nothing, giving away their chips. A strategy first invisioned and acted upon by a poker pioneer from Lexington, KY named Sam.

Will: All-in
Sam: Call ... oops
*Will rakes in chips*
John to Nick: There goes Sam with that ingenious bluff call again.

by nkurkjy July 3, 2007

Bluff Call Muck Suck

When a player mucks the winning hand after another player just bluff called first envision by a poker Pioner from Boston, MA named Brett.

Dennis: Check

Brett: ALL-IN

Dennis: CALL

Brett: you must have it MUCK

Dennis: Shows 3 high

Dennis to Brett: There goes brett with that ingenious Bluff Call Muck Suck again.

by The Dragon Slayer 17 October 17, 2010

Call My Bluff

show or prove that someone is wrong.

"Call My Bluff" Someone who is faking (for example, pretending he holds winning cards in a poker game) is bluffing. To call someone's bluff is to demand they prove themselves, or the truth of their words or actions

by Dredgeboi January 16, 2012

Call a bluff

When someone pretends to be about to do something, and another person challenges them to actually do it.

Originally from poker, when someone acts like they have good cards and their opponent makes them prove it.

The aim of a bluff is to scare or intimidate someone. The use in poker is so that an opponent will quit the round.

He said he was about to leave her forever, in an effort to make her jealous, but she called his bluff and made him leave.

I've always wanted to call a bluff, and I got my chance when the student told me his dog had died. His mother said they had never owned an animal.

by AnkhianMorePork October 31, 2011