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Amarillo Slim before becoming a well known face and tournament poker player was a rounder and toured the country looking for gambling action. Amarillo Slim profile, bio, links and pictures.
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Amarillo Slim
Realname: Thomas Austin Preston Jr.
Date of Birth: 31st December 1928
Birthplace: Johnson, AK
Started Playing: Age 25
Nickname: Amarillo Slim
Favourite Game: Omaha High
Before becoming a well known face and tournament poker player, Preston was a rounder and toured the country looking
for gambling action along with Doyle Brunson and Johnny Moss.
Amarillo Slim won the 1972 World Series of Poker main event. Following his win he went on several TV shows including;
 The Tonight Show (Over 10 times)
Good Morning America
60 Minutes
The Tomorrow Show
Panorama
Georgia Today
A. M. Los Angeles
Amarillo Slim has helped establish gaming facilities around the world. While he was helping open the Casino de Caribe in
Colombia he was kidnapped by people working for Pablo Escobar but was eventually released.
In May 2003, Preston published his autobiography Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People, where he reveals
tales of playing poker with Larry Flynt, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon, amongst others.
He reportedly made an anti-semitic remark on a radio station that hurt a movie deal tied into his book.
2002 Results
Date: 13 Feb
Position: 7th
Winnings: 2,580 euros / $2,214
Event: Euro Finals of Poker 2002
Date: 12 Feb
Position: 3rd
Winnings: 12,940 euros / $11,102
Event: Euro Finals of Poker 2002
2001 Results
Date: 05 Jun
Position: 2nd
Winnings: ATS 434,289 / $27,130
Event: Austrian Masters 2001
Date: 27 Apr
Position: 17th
Winnings: $4,175
Event: 32nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2001
2000 Results
Date: 05 May
Position: 2nd
Winnings: $97,500
Event: 31st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2000
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