The 83 years of age poker legend “Amarillo Slim” Preston has died transporting out a extended illness. The legend was the champion of 1972 Wsop Championship Event, four-time WSOP bracelet champion and Poker Hall of Fame member.
Earlier it had been reported that Preston was battling cancer and coronary disease and a few days ago he was showed up in a clinical facility. His many poker buddies, including his old “Road Gambler” running mate Doyle Brunson, supported him for that hospital where he came out to possess improved in the last week. But he couldn’t survive the passing days as well as the dying announcement was handed to poker player Scott Clark. Later, the Preston family released following statement through Nolan Dalla, the press Director for the WSOP:
“Hopefully everybody will remember our beloved Amarillo Slim for your positive things he did for poker and to popularize his favorite game – Texas Holdem.”
Texan Thomas Austin Preston, Junior. elevated to obtain “Amarillo Slim” for his liking to produce outlandish prop bets furthermore to his tremendous skills hanging out. Preston with Brunson but another former World Champion-to-be, John “Sailor man man man” Roberts created Texas “Road Gamblers”. The trio would frequently tour the southwest for poker games making a living. But based on Brunson, they stated in interviews, their relationship regrettably separate once they lost their bankroll in Vegas. Nonetheless they ongoing to stay buddies making a living noisy . many years of the Wsop.
“Amarillo Slim” earned his first fame with the 1972 WSOP Primary Event, where he needed lower the championship for his first bracelet. Rapidly, he built a hollywood status making appearances on talk shows such as the Tonight Show and a lot of movies to promote the sport of poker. Together with his excellent performances across the tables, he won three more WSOP bracelets, as well as the last victory demonstrated up 1990 within the $5000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament.
Preston can also be respected for his other poker endeavors. He contributed his encounters for several poker books, including Amarillo Slim’s Play On-line Poker To Win. Inside the existence story “Amarillo Slim On The Planet Filled With Fat People” received lots of recognition as they enlightened his career across the tables along with his prop bets.
Throughout his entire tournament poker career, Preston offered tournaments around the world for example eleven occasions within the WSOP, transported in 4th devote a gathering across the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza and Chris Moneymaker’s historic 2003 WSOP Championship victory.
