Overview
What We're Reading Now: "I heard Amarillo Slim mentioned in a movie I saw a long time ago. I noticed this title one day while I helped a customer find a book, and I knew I had to read it. The story is so entertaining that I read it in three days. This man is a hustler without equalyou need to read it so you won't be hustled!" Phillip Climer, General Manager He has won $300,000 from Willie Nelson playing dominoes and $2 million from Larry King playing poker. He has shuffled, dealt, and bluffed Presidents Richard Nixon and Lyndon. 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 Preston has gambles with 'em all, and left most of them wishing they hadn't. The memoir of a living American icon, Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People is the story of life as a Texas road gambler, the evolution of the World Series of Poker, and how Las Vegas went from a small town controlled by the mob tp the fastest-growing city in America.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780060762308
- ISBN-10: 0060762306
- Publisher: Dey Street Books
- Publish Date: April 2005
- Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.32 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.55 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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