Amarillo Slim vs Daulton

Island Drive

Island Drive

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Here's a quote on national news about Slim.

"Bunky Preston says his father got his nickname playing pool. Unlike many professional gamblers at the time, Amarillo Slim Preston sought out the media spotlight after his World Series of Poker win and is credited with helping raise the game's public profile."

Pokers Non-Fat man, tho Fatty had allot more going on.

I enjoyed watchin' Slim play Shannon 15-5 1996 @ CJ's in Dallas, PCA event, and Slim could play a little'.
 
Island Drive said:
Here's a quote on national news about Slim.

"Bunky Preston says his father got his nickname playing pool. Unlike many professional gamblers at the time, Amarillo Slim Preston sought out the media spotlight after his World Series of Poker win and is credited with helping raise the game's public profile."

Pokers Non-Fat man, tho Fatty had allot more going on.

I enjoyed watchin' Slim play Shannon 15-5 1996 @ CJ's in Dallas, PCA event, and Slim could play a little'.
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Slept at a Motel 6 in Amarillo, in the summer of 1990 on my way to Yuma Proving Ground, driving from the Chicago area. The motel had pictures of him up on the wall and the Cafe I had breakfast at had a bunch of pictures on they're walls also. He was a celebrity.
 
Island Drive said:
Here's a quote on national news about Slim.

"Bunky Preston says his father got his nickname playing pool. Unlike many professional gamblers at the time, Amarillo Slim Preston sought out the media spotlight after his World Series of Poker win and is credited with helping raise the game's public profile."

Pokers Non-Fat man, tho Fatty had allot more going on.

I enjoyed watchin' Slim play Shannon 15-5 1996 @ CJ's in Dallas, PCA event, and Slim could play a little'.
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I was there at the event too, that's pretty much where I grew up playing. I didn't see that match but I did watch him play Reyes the same way at CJ's. Seems like they were playing for 40k or something crazy like that ? Memories !
 
Slim says in his book that he beat Joe Davis at snooker.

I think that is the most far fetched thing in the book.
 
dkleather said:
Slim says in his book that he beat Joe Davis at snooker.

I think that is the most far fetched thing in the book.
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Slim was a great pool player,his best game was 3 red ball snooker,he was open to the world at that game.He also played top notch one pocket
 
Txstang1 said:
I was there at the event too, that's pretty much where I grew up playing. I didn't see that match but I did watch him play Reyes the same way at CJ's. Seems like they were playing for 40k or something crazy like that ? Memories !
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Efren gave Slim 17-5! I was there too. :rolleyes:
You are right about the bet though, it was a BIG number!
 
Masayoshi said:
I can't imagine a shortstop getting 17-5, even if the one giving it was efren.
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Slim was already about 70 years old then! His eyes and legs were about gone. In his prime Efren may have been able to give him something like 10-5. At worst 10-5, 10-6. That was a routine game for Efren against a good player in his prime.
 
jay helfert said:
Slim was already about 70 years old then! His eyes and legs were about gone. In his prime Efren may have been able to give him something like 10-5. At worst 10-5, 10-6. That was a routine game for Efren against a good player in his prime.
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I see. That makes more sense. :thumbup:
 
Slim had a poolroom in Amarillo for a few years too. I played there a couple of times.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

DRW said:
Slept at a Motel 6 in Amarillo, in the summer of 1990 on my way to Yuma Proving Ground, driving from the Chicago area. The motel had pictures of him up on the wall and the Cafe I had breakfast at had a bunch of pictures on they're walls also. He was a celebrity.
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Quick wake up call

As I was reading the postes about Amarillo Slim I was already thinking about blasting him for something he did to my brother, Bobby. Then, when I read Slim passed away this week, I was ashamed for even thinking about a few bucks. Moments like this help me in trying to learn to...
Keep it nice. Alfie
RIP Slim.
 
Roadie

Slim was as much a gambler/hustler as UJ Puckett and all the gang during his heydays'. Even saw where Harry Reasoner (reporter) loved hangin' out with UJ and the guys around the joint. It makes sense, reporters have and do put themselves in the middle, sometimes wishing just the oppositie. Was cool about Slim, him getting his name from ''the boys'' in the pool room. When I first saw em in action April 1996, the talk about him was more about his ''proposition bets'' that he was notorius for. Yrs ago, ignorance or trust was more prevalant, and getting into anothers pocket was easier. I'm sure right now on the poker websites, the stories, no different than Grady's, are just rolling in.
 
Rusty C said:
Slim was a great pool player,his best game was 3 red ball snooker,he was open to the world at that game.He also played top notch one pocket
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By "open to the world" I take it you mean he SAID he was open to the world. Don't get me wrong, that game certainly would level the playing field a bit against a top snooker player but I estimate at any time in his life there were 50 plus guys he could never have beaten.
 
Alf Taylor said:
As I was reading the postes about Amarillo Slim I was already thinking about blasting him for something he did to my brother, Bobby. Then, when I read Slim passed away this week, I was ashamed for even thinking about a few bucks. Moments like this help me in trying to learn to...
Keep it nice. Alfie
RIP Slim.
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Isn't it wonderful how simply by dying, what basically boils down to theft can be forgiven.
 
randyg said:
Slim passed away this week.
randyg
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Sorry to hear that. He was quite an amazing guy. I first met him at Johnston City a million years ago. He was right in the middle of things even back then. Paulie Jansco misspelled his name as T.J. Preston (should have been T.A.) on the tournament board and I called him T.J. from then on. He was a lovable and funny cat and a damn smart gambler! There haven't been many like him. I highly recommend his book, "Amarillo Slim in a World of Fat People." EXTREMELY entertaining read!
 
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