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Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People : The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived
   Preston, Amarillo Slim (Author) Dinkin, Greg (Author)
Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People : The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived
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ISBN-10 0060542357
ISBN-13 9780060542351
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Told with audacity and homespun wit, this book is the wildly original memoir of the larger-than-life gambling legend, pool champ, and poker king.
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If there's anything I'll argue about, I'll either bet on it or shut up. And since it's not becoming for a cowboy to be arguing, I've made a few wagers in my day. But in my humble opinion, I'm no hustler. You see, neighbor, I never go looking for a sucker. I look for a champion and make a sucker out of him." Amarillo Slim might be the greatest gambler who ever lived, but it's his down-home charm and folksy storytelling that have made him an American idol and media darling. Slim is a legend, as American as Paul Bunyan, Jesse James, and P.T. Barnum. In Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People, T.A. "Amarillo Slim" Preston will tell the tall tales of his fascinating life. Slim will describe some of his greatest gambling exploits -- from winning the World Series of Poker to creating extraordinary proposition bets to running the biggest black market in Europe during the war while giving pool exhibitions (read: hustling) on military bases for Uncle Sam. Among others, Slim beat Willie Nelson for $300,000 playing dominoes; Larry Flynt for $2 million playing poker. He has played poker with presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, and drug lords Pablo Escobar and Jimmy Chagra. He was also one of the pioneers of Las Vegas. Plain and simple, Amarillo Slim is America's greatest gambler of all time.
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Edition : 2003 Product Dimensions: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Weight: 1.19 lbs.
Binding: Trade Cloth
Number of Pages 288
Language: English
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