AMARILLO SLIM

POKER PLAYER:
Thomas Preston Jr

NICKNAME:
Amarillo Slim

POKER STYLE:
Aggressive, self-proclaimed ‘World’s greatest gambler’.

FELT ACCESSORIES:
Cowboy hat and ostrich skin boots.

TABLE MANNERS:
Legend, respects the game. Regarded with disgust at the table in later years due to legal charges brought against him.

POKER BLING:
5 WSOP bracelets. Slim has also famously played with the likes of president Richard Nixon, drugs lord Pablo Escobar and porn king Larry Flynt. He became a member of the Poker Hall of Fame in 1992.

RUMOUR HAS IT:
Slim got into trouble on 3 counts of indecency with his 12yr old grandaughter, receiving 2 years deferred adjudication and a $4k fine, sullying his reputation as poker legend.

FAMOUS PROP BETS:
Playing golf with a hammer against Evel Knievel, betting $1m he could hit it over a mile. No-one anticipated he would do it on ice…he won. He also beat Minnesota Fats at pool using a broom and took $300k off Willie Nelson at a game of dominoes. Not to mention his weirder bets, including wagering that a cat could pick up a coke bottle.

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