4: Rummy Rummy: Throw a Combo and Go Gin Rummy: Knocking Your Foe Down 500 Rummy: Moving the Pile Chapter 5: Canasta Accepting Your Canasta Mission Tallying Your Scores Making Do with Two (or Three): Short-Handed Canasta Hand and Foot Chapter 6: Eights Eights: Simple Is as Simple Does Mau Mau: Staking Out a Stock Pile Neuner: Matching and Stacking Switch: Avoiding the Double Agents Chapter 7: Fan Tan Accepting Your Fan Tan Mission Double-Deck Fan Tan Trump Fan Tan Crazy Tan
7 Part 3: Taking Tricks Chapter 8: Whist What’s the Whist All About? Incorporating Basic Whist Strategy Three-Handed Whist German (Two-Handed) Whist Bid Whist Chapter 9: Oh Hell! and Other Exact Bidding Games Oh Hell! Romanian Whist Ninety-Nine Chapter 10: Euchre Acquainting Yourself with Euchre Picking Partners Striking a Fair Deal Determining the Trump Suit Jacking Up the Card Rankings Bidding for Tricks Tallying Your Score Playing for Bigger Stakes Alone Tricking for Points, Not Treats Chapter 11: Spades Grasping the Basics of Spades Digging Spades for Less Than Four Chapter 12: Mini-Bridge and Contract Bridge Mini-Bridge Crossing to Bridge
8 Part 4: Scoring or Avoiding Points Chapter 13: Hearts Getting to the Heart of the Matter Hearts with Three or Five-Plus Players Honeymoon Hearts Black Maria Cancellation Hearts Chapter 14: Pinochle Pinochle for Two Pinochle for Three: Auction Pinochle Partnership Auction Pinochle Chapter 15: Setback Getting Setback Savvy Grab a Friend: Partnership Setback Setback for Three or Six
9 Part 5: Adding and Climbing Chapter 16: Cribbage Starting Off on the Right Foot Playing Cribbage for Stakes: Lurches and Skunks Five-Card Cribbage Cribbage for Three Players Chapter 17: President Lobbying for the Basics of President Palace Chapter 18: Blackjack Social Blackjack Planning Your Basic Blackjack Strategy Casino Blackjack
10 Part 6: Playing Poker Chapter 19: Shuffling Through Poker Basics Covering the Poker Bases Getting Started: Basic Play Bluffing Dos and Don’ts Reading Your Opponents