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Hold 'em is Amarillo Slim's best game. "It's fast," he says, "and it's a real strong bluffing game. Ah like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Slim's Good Life | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

...loser lost $312,000. Ah ended up a winner, but you could have stuck my winnings in a chigger's eye and never seen 'em. It was 'bout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Slim's Good Life | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

After an honorable discharge from the Navy following World War II, Preston was recruited for a Special Services tour in Europe to entertain troops with his pool skills. " 'Bout the only good will Ah created was for myself," he recalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Slim's Good Life | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

...Ah took those G.I.s for every dime they had at cards, craps and pool." But the first night back in the States, he dropped $71,000 at poker, probably the worst hiding he has ever suffered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Slim's Good Life | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

...ability to stay loose and observe his opponents keenly. No matter what the stakes, he keeps up an amiable chatter with other players. "Some of these guys play the games real uptight," he says; "it's so quiet you could hear an ant pee on cotton. But Ah like to shake 'em up, put a rattlesnake in their pocket and ask 'em for a match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Slim's Good Life | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

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