Thomas Austin Preston, Jr., known as Amarillo Slim, is thought of by some to be the greatest gambler of all time. Before becoming a well-known tournament player, Slim toured the United States gambling along with Doyle Brunson and Sailor Roberts.
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He won the main event at the 1972 World Series of Poker. Preston has a total of four WSOP bracelets, including two in Omaha, with his most recent WSOP win in 1990. As of 2008, he has won over $590,000 in tournament play. He has been a member of the Poker Hall of Fame since 1992.
In January and February 1980 Slim hosted the Second Annual Poker Classic which became the second most prestigious poker tournament during its time. This series would eventually be called the Super Bowl of Poker and continued until 1991.
Preston and Bill G. Cox authored Play Poker to Win. A revised edition was published in 2005 as Amarillo Slim’s Play Poker to Win. In 2003, Preston published his autobiography Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People, where he tells the tales of playing poker with Larry Flynt, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon, among others. In 2007, he started a website and released an E-Book entitled All In: An E-guide To No Limit Texas Hold’em.
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