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At nine he runs away from his home in east Texas in 1866 and turns to criminal activities in order to eat. At twelve he joins the Luke Jacoby gang and holds their horses while they rob banks.
At fourteen everyone in the Jacoby gang except him is killed in a bank robbery in Garden City, KS. He is sentenced to ten years of hard labor at the Kansas State Penitentiary.
At twenty-two, now full-grown and muscular, he is released from prison for good behavior. He is determined to be honest and never go back to prison.
He goes to work for Roy Olson, the owner of a local livery. He tells Mr. Olson his name is 342, which was his number in prison; but Mr. Olson, who is hard-of-hearing, thinks he said "Ty Fortune" and that becomes his name.
Mr. Olson is a retired professional poker player and teaches Ty how to be an excellent honest professional poker player.
Storylines/Subplots:
1. Crime and Prison - Chapter 1
2. Freedom? & New Name - Chapter 2-4
3. Confrontation - Chapter 5-7
4. Learning Poker - Chapter 8-11
5. Learning to Read - Chapter 12
6. Killing a Man - Chapter 13-14
7. More Lessons - Chapter 15
8. First Real Poker Games - Chapter 16
9. Preparing to be a Professional - Chapter 17-18
10. Second Real Poker Games - Chapter 19-23
11. Third Real Poker Games - Chapter 24-29
12. Trip to Kansas City - Chapter 30-31
13. Big Decision - Chapter 32
14. Tragedy - Chapter 33-34
Total Words = 54,711
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