Authors: Steven Lubet
ISBN-13: 9780195369014, ISBN-10: 0195369017
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: September 2008
Edition: Reprint
Steven Lubet is Professor of Law at Northwestern University and a nationally recognized expert on trials and trial strategy. He is author of the popular textbook Modern Trial Advocacy, and, most recently, Murder in Tombstone: The Forgotten Trial Wyatt Earp, and writes an award-winning column for American Lawyer Magazine. His humorous commentaries have been heard on National Public Radio's Morning Edition and his op-eds have run in Newsday, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and many other newspapers.
Great 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.
Diamonds : maximizing your winnings | 11 | |
Lesson 1 | Saving bets | 15 |
Lesson 2 | Expected value | 17 |
Lesson 3 | Don't gamble | 20 |
Lesson 4 | Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember : it didn't work for the rabbit | 22 |
Lesson 5 | Opening hands | 28 |
Lesson 6 | Drawing hands | 33 |
Lesson 7 | Chasing is for dogs | 36 |
Lesson 8 | Yardley's law (and Darrow's exception) | 41 |
Lesson 9 | Losing it | 49 |
Lesson 10 | Desperate times | 56 |
Lesson 11 | Volatility | 59 |
Lesson 12 | Sunk costs | 63 |
Lesson 13 | Stakes matter | 67 |
Clubs : controlling the opposition | 73 | |
Lesson 1 | Fundamentalism | 77 |
Lesson 2 | Know why you are betting | 80 |
Lesson 3 | Slow playing | 85 |
Lesson 4 | Bluffing | 90 |
Lesson 5 | Reverse bluffing | 94 |
Lesson 6 | Semi-bluffing | 97 |
Lesson 7 | Overplaying | 103 |
Lesson 8 | Calling bluffs | 107 |
Lesson 9 | Loose wiring | 111 |
Lesson 10 | Folding winners | 115 |
Lesson 11 | Establishing patterns | 118 |
Lesson 12 | Implication and storytelling | 121 |
Lesson 13 | Patience | 127 |
Spades : digging for information | 131 | |
Lesson 1 | Knowledge is power | 134 |
Lesson 2 | Taking their measure | 137 |
Lesson 3 | Tells | 141 |
Lesson 4 | Get what you need | 146 |
Lesson 5 | True lies | 151 |
Lesson 6 | That's acting | 155 |
Lesson 7 | Calling bias | 157 |
Lesson 8 | Paying attention | 161 |
Lesson 9 | Reading value | 165 |
Lesson 10 | Total recall | 169 |
Lesson 11 | The unexpected | 175 |
Lesson 12 | Local rules | 178 |
Lesson 13 | Showing your hand | 181 |
Hearts : ethics and character | 187 | |
Lesson 1 | Lying | 190 |
Lesson 2 | Cheating | 196 |
Lesson 3 | Scamming | 202 |
Lesson 4 | Banking the proceeds | 209 |
Lesson 5 | The right stuff | 212 |
Lesson 6 | Moral hazards | 215 |
Lesson 7 | Self-control | 218 |
Lesson 8 | Beginner's luck | 224 |
Lesson 9 | You gotta have heart | 229 |
Lesson 10 | Cards speak | 232 |
Lesson 11 | Cross-examination does not mean angry examination | 235 |
Lesson 12 | Beautiful losers | 241 |
Lesson 13 | Poker ain't life | 246 |
Rank of hands | 247 |