The phrase "a game of bluff" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where deception or misrepresentation is involved, often in games or strategic situations.
Example: "In negotiations, it's often a game of bluff, where each party tries to outsmart the other."
Alternatives: "a bluffing game" or "a game of deception".
The hope among business leaders is that the prime minister is playing a game of bluff.
In another year or so, the rebels must start losing ground.Viewed as a game of bluff, the timing of the deal makes sense.
Unlike Levy, they did not seem to be indulging in a game of bluff in which a profit would be guaranteed whatever the outcome.
No wonder, perhaps, Monty's method is based around a kind of solipsism, a refusal to tinker and tweak and engage in a game of bluff.
There is a game of bluff to be played and much will depend on who has the greater will to prevail.
In short, as Moscow tries to lever more cordial relations with Washington through Obama, it continues to play a game of bluff based on exaggerating Russian power.
Kim Jong-il may be playing a game of nuclear bluff to win economic concessions and political revival, but the people are deadly serious about the risks they take.
Only when the rockets needed to get really big, capable of reaching the moon, did the United States begin to pull ahead.It was also a game of elaborate bluff, in which both sides tried to disguise or conceal what they were up to.
Resisting the hawks' urgings for a pre-emptive strike against the Russians was John F Kennedy's finest hour, and Bruce Greenwood's spot-on performance, allied to David Self's script – a fascinating study of a game of double-bluff played for enormous stakes – do him full justice.
Amid claims in the markets that politicians in Athens were playing a dangerous game of bluff, a potential schism in the monetary union saw borrowing costs for Spain and Italy rise over fears that contagion could spread from Greece through southern Europe.
Britain's Guardian newspaper said Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Barak were displaying "enthusiasm" for an air strike as part of a "lethal game of bluff".
