| Introduction | | 9 | |
| 1. Brenham, Texas: The Circuit |
| | 11 | |
| 2. Exchange Avenue Pool Hall: The Shooting |
| | 15 | |
| 3. 1976 WSOP: The "Doyle Brunson" Hand |
| | 17 | |
| 4. The Golden Nugget: Me v.s Bobby Baldwin |
| | 19 | |
| 5. Aladdin: The Forty-Five Day Game |
| | 23 | |
| 6. 1977 WSOP: The "Doyle Brunson" Hand Sticks |
| | 27 | |
| 7. San Antonio, Texas: Invitation Only |
| | 31 | |
| 8. Houston, Texas: My Mentor, Johnny Moss |
| | 35 | |
| 9. Las Vegas: The Silverbird Cardroom |
| | 37 | |
| 10. Exchange Avenue: My Longest Session | | 39 | |
| 11. 1986 WSOP: 10 Players Left | | 43 | |
| 12. 2004 WSOP: Rules are Rules | | 47 | |
| 13. Freddie (Sarge) Ferris: One of the Best Deuce-to-Seven Players | | 49 | |
| 14. Odessa, Texas: The Eagle's Club | | 51 | |
| 15. Ft. Worth, Texas: The Diane Hotel | | 55 | |
| 16. The Flamingo, 1975: My First Look at Chip Reese | | 57 | |
| 17. 1981: Stu Unger's First World Series of Poker | | 59 | |
| 18. Super System: "I Had to Change My Game" | | 63 | |
| 19. A Pot with Joe Bernstein, a Poker Hall of Famer | | 65 | |
| 20. The Horseshoe: A Rich Texan Named Rex | | 69 | |
| 21. The First WPT Event: Play Your Opponent, Not Your Cards | | 73 | |
| 22. From the Bible Belt to Pro Poker Player | | 75 | |
| 23. Brownsville, Texas: To be Staked...or Not | | 77 | |
| 24. Mobile, Alabama: Captain John's Mistake | | 79 | |
| 25. Death at the Table: Lowball To Blame? | | 83 | |
| 26. The Dunes: Me vs. Nick "The Greek" Dandalos | | 85 | |
| 27. Odessa, Texas: "Murder" | | 89 | |
| 28. The Montana Banana: Getting Lucky | | 91 | |
| 29. The Texas Gambler's Tournament: Be Aggressive! | | 93 | |
| 30. Texas Hold'em from the Texans | | 97 | |
| 31. The Horseshoe: "It Ain't Over Till It's Over" | | 101 | |
| 32. Flamingo: Deuce-to-Seven | | 105 | |
| 33. 'Let's Gamble': Me vs. Stu Unger | | 109 | |
| 34. 1974 WSOP: A Man by the Name of "Waterhole" | | 111 | |
| 35. 2006 WSOP: The Hand I Always Get Asked About | | 113 | |
| 36. The "Big Game": Me vs. Lyle Berman | | 117 | |
| 37. Poker Tech: Sometimes You Need the Help | | 119 | |
| 38. Me vs. Sklansky: I Didn't Do My Homework | | 121 | |
| 39. George Barnes: One of the Best "Unknown" Players | | 123 | |
| 40. Limit Omaha: Getting Lucky | | 127 | |
| 41. 1993 WSOP: Settling for Third Place | | 131 | |
| 42. Five-Card Stud Tournament: A Rule Not to Play By | | 135 | |
| 43. "The Battle of the Bracelets" | | 137 | |
| 44. Chip Reese: My Achilles Heel | | 139 | |
| 45. Briefly Pondering Retirement | | 143 | |
| 46. Golden Nugget: Two Royal Flushes? | | 147 | |
| 47. The Texas Rangers: "Cap" Riddle | | 149 | |
| 48. Golden Nugget in the 2003 WSOP: Me vs. Phil Ivey | | 151 | |
| 49. 2006 WSOP: Another $1,000 Event | | 155 | |
| 50. Snowed In: Cash vs. Tournament | | 159 | |