Lawyers' Poker: 52 Lessons that Lawyers Can Learn from Card PlayersGreat poker players are master tacticians. Not only do they calculate odds with lightning speed and astonishing precision, but they also cunningly anticipate and manipulate the actions of their adversaries. In short, they boast skills that every lawyer can envy. This highly entertaining work might best be summed up as "better lawyering through poker." Steven Lubet shows exactly how the tactics of the poker table can be adapted to litigation, negotiation, and virtually every aspect of law practice. In a series of engaging and informative lessons, Lubet describes concepts like "betting for value," "slow playing," and "reverse bluffing," and explains how they can be used by lawyers to win their cases. The best card players, like the best lawyers, have a knack for getting their adversaries to react exactly as they want, and that talent separates the winners from the losers. Lawyers' Poker is an irresistible guide to successful lawyering and an enjoyable read for anyone with an interest in law. No poker knowledge required. |
Contents
Saving Bets | |
Expected Value | |
Dont Gamble | |
Depend on the Rabbits Foot If You Will but remember It Didnt Work for the Rabbit | |
Opening Hands | |
Drawing Hands | |
Patience | |
SPADES Digging for Information | |
Knowledge Is Power | |
Taking Their Measure | |
Tells | |
Get What You Need | |
True Lies | |
Thats Acting | |
Chasing Is for Dogs | |
Yardleys Law and Darrows Exception | |
Losing | |
Desperate Times | |
Volatility | |
Sunk Costs | |
Stakes Matter | |
CLUBS Controlling the Opposition | |
Fundamentalism | |
Know Why You Are Betting | |
Slow Playing | |
Bluffing | |
Reverse Bluffing | |
SemiBluffing | |
Overplaying | |
Calling Bluffs | |
Loose Wiring | |
Folding Winners | |
Establishing Patterns | |
Implication and Storytelling | |
Calling Bias | |
Paying Attention | |
Reading Value | |
Total Recall | |
The Unexpected | |
Local Rules | |
Showing Your Hand | |
HEARTS Ethics and Character | |
Lying | |
Cheating | |
Scamming | |
Banking the Proceeds | |
The Right Stuff | |
Moral Hazards | |
SelfControl | |
Beginners Luck | |
Poker Aint Life | |
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Lawyers' Poker: 52 Lessons that Lawyers Can Learn from Card Players Steven Lubet Limited preview - 2006 |
Lawyers' Poker: 52 Lessons that Lawyers Can Learn from Card Players Steven Lubet Limited preview - 2006 |
Lawyers' Poker: 52 Lessons that Lawyers Can Learn from Card Players Steven Lubet No preview available - 2008 |
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