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Amarillo Slim Preston has won $300,000 from Willie Neslon playing dominoes and $2 million from Larry Flynt playing poker. He has shuffled, dealt, and bluffed with some of twentieth-century’s most famous figures. He beat Minnesota Fats at pool with a broom, Bobby Riggs at table tennis with a skillet, and Evel Knievel at golf with a carpenter’s hammer. Amarillo Slim has gambled with ’em all, and left most of them wishing they hadn’t.
The memoirs of a living American icon, Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People is the story of life as a Texas road gambler and the discovery of the Wild West. It’s also the story of how Slim won the World Series of Poker at Binion’s Horseshoe, became a worldwide celebrity, and brought poker from smoky backrooms to mainstream America. Just let him tell it:
“If there’s anything I’ll argue about, I’ll either bet on it or shut up. And since it’s not very becoming for a cowboy to be arguing, I’ve made a few wagers in my day. But in my humble opinion, I’m no ordinary hustler. You see, neighbor, I never go looking for a sucker. I look for a champion and make a sucker out of him …”
“I’m fixing to tell you a few things that I’ve been keeping to myself for a lot of years. If you’re not careful, you just might learn how to get rich without ever having a job.”
ASIN : 0060762306
Publisher : Dey Street Books (April 26, 2005)
Language : English
Paperback : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780060762308
ISBN-13 : 978-0060762308
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 8.1 x 5.32 x 0.7 inches
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