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Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived - Softcover

Preston, Thomas 'amarillo Slim'

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9780224099929: Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0224099922 ISBN 13: 9780224099929
Publisher: Yellow Jersey, 2014

Synopsis

Thomas Austin Preston. Six foot four, skinny as a rake. He played poker with two US presidents - and drug lord Pablo Escobar; made a million dollars by the age of nineteen; and drove a golf ball a mile. Thomas Austin Preston - who was he The world knows him better as the greatest gambler of all Amarillo Slim. Raised in Amarillo, Texas, Amarillo Slim lived the most daring, exciting and profitable life of any man of his time. He ran the biggest black-market operation in Europe, won the World Series of poker in 1972, was celebrated in songs and movies, and his picture hangs in City Hall, Las Vegas. He was a member of four Halls of Fame - and a legend in his lifetime.Because, most of all, Slim was a man who loved to gamble. He'd bet on anything - if the price was right. He rode a camel through the fanciest casino in Marrakesh and beat Evel Knievel at golf (with a hammer), but that was just the small stuff. In his finest hour, he took on the Chinese table tennis champion at his own game. Slim, of course, got to choose the bat. The choice Coke bottles. The result 21 - 0. Slim was a very happy man.A sensationally entertaining autobiography, this is the story of his extraordinary life - and the secrets of his even more extraordinary success. From Vegas to Colombia, Texas to London, welcome to the wonderful world of Amarillo Slim.

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About the Author

Greg Dinkin is the author of The Poker MBA and The Finance Doctor and a columnist for Card Player magazine. He is the cofounder of Venture Library, where he works with writers to find publishers for their books and studios for their screenplays. Greg splits his time between Las Vegas and southern California.

Review

"To use a Slim phrase, this book is as hot as a widow woman's love" Independent "A legend in his time, a character to rank with any in gambling mythology" Literary Review "For pure fun, there' s nothing to beat this... Like Chaucer, with a mountain of chips" Independent, Books of the Year

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Publisher
Yellow Jersey
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0224099922
ISBN 13 
9780224099929
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
288
Rating
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    571 ratings by Goodreads

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