Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People

<p>Amarillo Slim Preston has won $300000 from Willie Neslon playing dominoes and $2 million from Larry Flynt playing poker. He has shuffled dealt and bluffed with some of twentieth-century's most famous figures. He beat Minnesota Fats at pool with a broom Bobby Riggs at table tennis with a skillet and Evel Knievel at golf with a carpenter's hammer. Amarillo Slim has gambled with 'em all and left most of them wishing they hadn't.</p><p>The memoirs of a living American icon Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People is the story of life as a Texas road gambler and the discovery of the Wild West. It's also the story of how Slim won the World Series of Poker at Binion's Horseshoe became a worldwide celebrity and brought poker from smoky backrooms to mainstream America. Just let him tell it: </p><p>If there's anything I'll argue about I'll either bet on it or shut up. And since it's not very becoming for a cowboy to be arguing I've made a few wagers in my day. But in my humble opinion I'm no ordinary hustler. You see neighbor I never go looking for a sucker. I look for a champion and make a sucker out of him ...</p><p>I'm fixing to tell you a few things that I've been keeping to myself for a lot of years. If you're not careful you just might learn how to get rich without ever having a job.</p>