The Chapters
1: Chips in the Night
In which my various online alter egos are introduced, and one
of them is victimized by fate, with help from a moron. A discovery is made,
from which this book springs.
2: The W.S.O.P.
The Grail that lies at the end of this particular Quest.
3: How To Play Hold Em
The game. Which can be summed up in two words - deceptively
simple. Or two more - simply deceptive.
4: Nice Hand
What you will need. And who you will need it against.
5: My First Million
In which a fine start is made. And some hard-learned lessons
are ignored.
6: Good Play, Bad Play
Sometimes it’s an easy game. Sometimes you can’t do
anything right. Even if you do exactly what you did last time, when it was an
easy game...
7: Will - and Testicles
Your equipment.
8: Superstition
Luck. And what you can do about it.
9: Abuse and Self-Abuse
Behavior of all kinds, with examples from the Internet and a
British Conservative Member of Parliament.
10: Hardly Cricket
Not everyone, at the poker table, behaves with the immaculate
manners of David Niven.
11 A Happy Ending
A tale with a twist.
12 Phil and Ernie and Ernest and Rita
Mickelson, Els, Hemingway and Fairbanks, Mrs.
13: Cocktails on One!
From watermelons to Stu "The Kid" Ungar.
14: Gambling and the Lawyer
From cake to cheating, from poodles to Prohibition - all things
legal and gambling discussed with the field’s leading expert.
15: Mayday! Mayday!
The first of May - World Series of Poker month. Also the international
distress call.
16: This Way Up
How well things were going only recently. How long ago that
seems.
17: Back to Reality
Behind the scenes at the Hollywood Park Casino with the Director
of Poker Operations, Phyllis Caro. And, while I’m there, a little action.
18: My Team
How to be in two places at once.
19: The Last Chance Saloon
The clock is ticking. It’s now or never. It’s stay
at home, or -
20: The Walking Dead
Vegas, baby, Vegas! The World Series of Poker is in full swing
- and boy, has it changed since I was last here three years ago. A discussion
with British pro Barny Boatman of The Hendon Mob.
21: Elephant Spotting
In which it an elephant participates in a press conference.
22: The Face of Poker
The Mike Sexton story, in his own words. And Ungar, Brunson,
Lederer and Seed stories, also in Mike Sexton’s words. How PartyPoker.com
began, less than forty months previously.
23: The Other Side of the Screen - Part I
At the hospitality parties for PartyPoker.com and ParadisePoker.com.
Their representatives at the WSOP, both at the tables and behind the scenes.
24: You Can’t Bet On It
Larry Grossman of the Las Vegas radio show You Can Bet On
It gives his perspective on three decades of the World Series of Poker.
A few words with "Amarillo" Slim Preston - and a man who won his $10,000
seat at the WSOP for twelve dollars...
25: The Man Who Bluffed Himself
A few words with 2003 World Champion Chris Moneymaker, and many with top big-money pro Sam Farha. Sam expounds on life, poker, strategy, the Internet, Omaha, bluffing - and his epic Final Table battle with Chris Moneymaker.
26: The Other Side of the Screen - Part II
Lunch with Dan Goldman of PokerStars.com. A comprehensive inside
view of the online poker industry.
27: Merely Players
The names and the nobodies. John Bonetti on a lifetime of poker.
Dave Combs, this year’s "Bubble Boy" (he finished 226th, and
225 places paid) on a life’s ambition achieved - and a very pleasant surprise.
Major tournament champions Kathy Liebert and John Duthie on ‘having the
gamble in you’.
28: Farewell Granada
The reckoning.
29: The Final Table That Isn’t
May 28th. Another poker star is born.
30: Like A Bandit
Behind the scenes at the world’s biggest poker website. Looking back at the roller-coaster of two action-packed months. An overview, and an insight.