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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Poker and the Law

In a courtroom or at a poker table, the two could be considered one and the same. You have your defenses, and your actions. You make motions, and you accuse the other players of having or not having. You bluff, or you call them on it. You make them prove it. Until they do, they’re innocent of not having a better hand.

It’s all about the evidence. So you probe and prod, looking for a tell. “Do they really have a better case (hand) than me?” And it’s back and forth. Motion to Raise. Motion to Check. Motion to Fold. It’s strange how often we resort to the same old tactics regardless of the competitive arena.

It all begins when the pokerhands are dealt. The impartial judge, the deciding factor in it all is nothing more than the cards. And they have their rules. What hands beat other hands, these are your rules of civil procedure. And you have to follow them. No checking out of turn or betting, or you’re considered in contempt. If you break these rules, you have to fold, and the other side wins. If you don’t know the laws, don’t know what should beat what, then you lose, hands down.

No comes the plaintiff, bearing a hand of AA. Now comes the defendant bearing a hand of 10,10. The jury leans toward the plaintiff, but the defendant has a strong case. The parties battle, this is the discovery process. Plaintiff bets. Defendant raises. Now comes the flop, and it’s in the hands of the evidence. The only difference is, this evidence doesn’t lie. poker doesn’t either.

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