[evilempire]

I don't get how you can call a bluff a mistake if you know he would lay his cards down. You know his cards, and how he would play them. We are behind and we know the only way to win is to bluff. Bluffing in this case is obviously the optimal play.

Yes someties we bluff to increase our EV in later hands, but do you bluff if you know hes going to call? The optimal play would be to bluff when he might lay it down so that if he does call not all is lost.