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Who can be a better lawyer than Munnabhai, with circuit on his side 24/7. He has all the qualities of a good lawyer in his own tapori way.

Fact consciousness. An insistence on getting the facts, checking their accuracy, and sloughing off the element of conclusion and opinion.

A sense of relevance. The capacity to recognize what is relevant to the issue at hand and to cut away irrelevant facts, opinions, and emotions which can cloud the issue.

Comprehensiveness. The capacity to see all sides of the problem, all factors that bear upon it, and all possible ways of approaching it.

Foresight. The capacity to take the long view, to anticipate remote and collateral consequences, to look several moves ahead in the particular chess gam e that is being played.

Lingual sophistication. An immunity to being fooled by words and catch phrases; a refusal to accept verbal solutions which merely conceal the problem.

Bole to Sanjay Dutt ka acting ekdum mast. Sahi hai baap! Ekdum jhakaas!

The Royal Flush

I started with a J,Q suited (hearts) and he had a pair of 10. We both called the blind. We were the final 2 in the table, head to head. We wanted to be conservative and waited patiently for the flop. The flop was 10(H), Q(D), J(S). Wao!! I wish I had a mirror as I could hardly see my face in his sunglass. I don't think he could even keep a good poker face at that point. The flop gives him a 3 of a kind. Me on the other hand paired up my face cards. I might have foreseen a straight draw at that point. Time to raise it up. We both knew we have good cards and all we wanted was to milk the cow as much as we can before the river is up. He raised it by 20 grands and I had no choice but to call. His 3 of a kind looked really good to wipe up my stack. The turn was K(H). And in no time I was in a straight draw and a flush draw. But he is in a straight draw as well on top of his 3 of a kind. What will you do if you were is his shoes....ALL IN!! That was a huge call and a smart one. All I had was 2 pairs and I am hoping for a flush or a straight at least. If I do get a straight that would be a split pot, as we both will have the same straight, however if I can manage another hearts, I will scoop up the pot. I made the call...ALL IN!! And that means if I lose I am out. It's time for the river and there was a river card, which we will never forget our whole life. It was not just another night of poker, a lot more than few grands was in stake. Something we would never want to lose.