AMARILLO SLIM-WORLD FULL OF FAT PEOPLE PAPERBACK by Preston, Amarillo Slim

AMARILLO SLIM-WORLD FULL OF FAT PEOPLE PAPERBACK
by Preston, Amarillo Slim
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Slim has won millions and has bet more than that is a Binion's World Series of Poker winner, here offers a marvelous blend of stories, hustles, and profiles of hustlers,con men, super brilliant and super powerful from Texas to Nevada and "everywhichaway". Whether it's finding at edge at pool or any other game you can think of, to meeting and learning some ploys from Titanic Thompson or hobnobbing with the rich and famous, Slim is at his best with colorful quotes, advice on how to identify a sucker or avoid being suckered. Slim will bet on anything when he's got an "informational edge." That applies to horse racing, sports betting, gin rummy, floating down the Salmon River, shooting pool or who'll be the next U.S. president. Co-author Dinkin, who spent hundreds of hours interviewing Slim, captures the man, his spirit and the decades of finding that elusive edge at whatever he played at. Slim's what you might call real Americana, and at a time when the game of poker has approached its zenith in popularity as a respectable game, the book fits perfectly.His impact on international poker may never be measurable. His high profile, including appearances on television, brought enormous attention to public poker, and it's men like Slim who helped popularize the game, especially hold'em, from England to Colombia to Morocco. What we read in his book is the "true Slim" with his colorful language, reactions to strange rules or customs at the tables and his "close encounters" at and away from the tables. For all those who wonder about the man, his game, his ability to survive and his skills at reflecting class under all circumstances, the book is a must-read-a tribute to the man and what he's given and gotten from poker.

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