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Thomas Austin Preston Jr. (December 31, 1928 – April 29, 2012), known as Amarillo Slim, was an American professional gambler known for his poker skills and proposition bets. He won the 1972 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1992.
The Super Bowl of Poker (also known as Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker or SBOP) was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. [1] While the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was already drawing larger crowds as many amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs."
Amarillo Slim Dealer's Choice is a game in which players have their choice in poker games, with 7 basic versions of poker, and allows players to use house rules. [1]
After winning the tournament, Amarillo Slim was invited to Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show on June 12 the same year. Slim later made 10 more appearances on The Tonight Show, an appearance on CBS's Hour, and a cameo in the 1974 film California Split. Slim's large media exposure contributed to the recognizance of the World Series of Poker and ...
Amarillo Slim (1/4) $142,000 O'Neil Longson: Results: 12 May 11, 1990 $2,500 Limit Hold'em 254 Berry Johnston (1/3) $254,000 Hal Kant (0/1) Results: 13 May 12, 1990 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em 260 Allen Baker (1/1) $280,000 Freddy Deeb: Results: 14 May 13, 1990 $500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud 110 Marie Gabert (1/1) $22,000 Jenny Kaye Results: 15 May ...
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