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Dey Street Books - Amarillo slim in a world full of fat people: the memoirs of the greatest gambler who ever lived, paperback/amarillo slim preston

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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.