Gamble! !

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Way way off the topic of aviation.......

Does anyone know the actual legend behind "Amarillo Slim ".?? Where he got started and how this "legend" came into mainstream America.? Supposebly he is banned from most casinos in LAS and has made millions and millions on "off the wall" bets... He appeared on Carson Daly tonight and this guy seems like a complete trip and a half. It was hysterical listening to him to say the least, 74 years young and he seems like a kid at heart.. I guess he took $1.6 million from Larry Flint on some crazy bet... He took $36,000 from a man in jail over a "fly bet" and said "the man couldn't track an elephant in four feet of snow".. He also said the population never changes in Amarillo and said for every female who gets knocked up with sumptin in the oven one man leaves town to keep population from changing..

Anyone read his book and any reviews.??- I am thinking about buying the book for a few laughs..


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Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People
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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sounds like a pretty good book.

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[avbug]

Greatest gambler, except for the guy that started krispy kreme...

 

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[laker inbound]

Plain and simple, Amarillo Slim is America's greatest gambler of all time.

Funny, I thought it was William Bennett. Don't you think it was odd that his 'Book of Virtues' didn't mention gambling?

 

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Don't you think it was odd that his 'Book of Virtues' didn't mention gambling?

(good point)- I think he lost more than he has confessed !! !!

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