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    Thomas Austin Preston Jr. (December 31, 1928 – April 29, 2012), known as Amarillo Slim, was an American professional gambler known for his poker skills and...
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    champion Johnny Moss was defeated early in the main event and Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston went on to win the tournament after a series of deals. The...
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  • the US Amarillo, Western Australia, former name for Keralup, Western Australia Amarillo Slim (1928–2012), American poker player Eric Amarillo (born 1971)...
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    rounder and traveled the country looking for games with Doyle Brunson and Amarillo Slim. In addition to his career as a poker player, he was also a renowned...
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    legendary casino owner Benny Binion. After further urging by Pearson, Amarillo Slim, and Doyle Brunson, all of whom felt that such a tournament would create...
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  • Amarillo Slim Dealer's Choice is a 1991 video game published by Villa Crespo Software, bearing the name of poker player Amarillo Slim. Amarillo Slim Dealer's...
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    Amarillo (/ˌæməˈrɪloʊ/ AM-ə-RIL-oh; Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 16th-most populous...
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    the Super Bowl of Poker tournaments, organized by 1972 world champion Amarillo Slim. Baldwin cashed in several SBOP events and won the $5,000 Seven Card...
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    Series of Poker Main Event three times. He is the only person to win Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker three times, the world's second most prestigious...
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    and card players, including Crandell Addington, Doyle Brunson, and Amarillo Slim were playing in Las Vegas. This is when "ace high" was changed from...
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  • game 1971 6 Johnny Moss (2) — $30,000 Jack Straus — 1972 8 Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston, Jr. K♥ J♦ $80,000 Walter "Puggy" Pearson 6  6  1973 13 Walter...
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    Casino. Retrieved 2009-01-21. "Amarillo Slim Preston — The Worlds Greatest Gambler!". The Official Site Of Amarillo Slim Preston. Amarilloslim.org. Archived...
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    Kaplan was considered one of poker's elite, as he won the main event at Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker and was presented with "a loving cup that was so...
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    Louisiana, playing in bigger games, and meeting fellow professionals Amarillo Slim and Sailor Roberts. The illegal games Brunson played in during this...
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  • The Super Bowl of Poker (also known as Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker or SBOP) was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during...
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    Johnny Chan Tommy Fischer Rick Hamil John Lukas Mark Mitchell Rose Pifer Amarillo Slim Zorn Smiljanic Bill Smith Tony Thang Harry Thomas Don Williams Edwin...
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    avoid a call, as his chances of drawing out to win on the river were very slim. After a few minutes, Straus offered his opponent a proposition. He told...
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  • Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. (1928–2012), poker player also known as Amarillo Slim Thomas Preston (scientist) (1860–1900), Irish scientist Thomas J. Preston...
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    opponents with aggression and bigger pots. Moss outlined his strategies in a slim 1950 book, "How to Win at Poker" The publisher's foreword demurs that there...
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    bracelet. In winning the tournament, Ivey was the first person to defeat Amarillo Slim heads-up at a WSOP final table. Ivey's tournament accomplishments include...
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  • fashion icon Slim Love (1890–1942), American Major League Baseball pitcher Slim Moon (born 1967), record producer and musician Amarillo Slim Preston (1928–2012)...
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  • stake Bill in a high-stakes poker game, featuring former world champion Amarillo Slim as one of the players, portraying himself. Bill emerges victorious,...
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    Publishing. 2011. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-1-58042-576-6. Preston, Amarillo Slim and Greg Dinkin. Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People (April 26, 2005), p. 132...
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    April 16, 2024. "Amarillo Slim's Superbowl Of Poker, Ace-to-Five Lowball". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved April 16, 2024. "Amarillo Slim's Superbowl Of Poker...
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  • old-fashioned tactic, identified with 1970s "verbal" experts such as Amarillo Slim.) Pretending intoxication, i.e. hustling, excellently demonstrated by...
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    failure at the age of 85 on December 25, 1989, in Las Vegas. Poker great "Amarillo Slim" Preston suggested as an epitaph, "He was either the gentlest bad guy...
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  • cash game session, Johnny Moss was voted the best in the world by "Amarillo Slim" Preston, Sailor Roberts, Doyle Brunson, Puggy Pearson, Crandell Addington...
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    Bill Boyd Jimmy Casella Johnny Moss (2) Puggy Pearson 1972 Bill Boyd Amarillo Slim 1973 Sam Angel Joe Bernstein Bill Boyd Aubrey Day Puggy Pearson (3)...
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    Shelter Luke Greenley 2009 The Crooked Eye Frank Short film Poker Run Amarillo Slim Labor Pains Vista Producer 2010 Titanic II Captain Howard Direct-to-video...
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  • 2024. "Amarillo Slim's Superbowl Of Poker, No Limit Hold'em: Hendon Mob Poker Database". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved December 2, 2024. "Amarillo Slim's Superbowl...
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