1. 04-30-12 05:47 PM #1
    TEXAS MICKEY
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    Rip.....""amarillo slim""

    Slim passed away yesterday of colon cancer. Man was a Legend........
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  2. 04-30-12 05:48 PM #2
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    didn't he rape some young girls or am i thinking of someone else
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  3. 04-30-12 06:01 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Br0nxer View Post
    didn't he rape some young girls or am i thinking of someone else
    I think that must be someone else........never heard that story.

    My dad went to high school with him. Would cut class to hustle a pool game ever chance he got.
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  4. 04-30-12 06:02 PM #4
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    bad info

    see post below

    Last edited by Sam Odom; 04-30-12 at 06:11 PM. Reason: bad info
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  5. 04-30-12 06:03 PM #5
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    if you believe Wiki...

    In August 2003, Preston was indicted in Randall County, Texas on charges of indecency with a 12-year-old child.
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  6. 04-30-12 06:07 PM #6
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    hes been a staple in the poker and prop bet scene for decades.
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  7. 04-30-12 06:09 PM #7
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    not nice to talk ill about the dead... many people in Vegas did not trust him. he was always out to hustle
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  8. 04-30-12 06:09 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Odom View Post
    if you believe Wiki...

    In August 2003, Preston was indicted in Randall County, Texas on charges of indecency with a 12-year-old child.
    WOW......Good God Almighty, damn they kept that very quiet.

    Man, was pretty much the Godfather of WSOP, back in 1972.
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  9. 04-30-12 06:23 PM #9
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    That was his schtick...........THE HUSTLE.
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  10. 04-30-12 06:25 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by TEXAS MICKEY View Post

    That was his schtick...........THE HUSTLE.

    the people i knew in Vegas when I lived there said he did it when it wasnt necessary like a liar lying when the truth would've served him better
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  11. 04-30-12 08:50 PM #11
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    i think he bet someone a million dollars he could hit a golf ball a mile. He won the bet by hitting it over a lake of ice.
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  12. 04-30-12 09:16 PM #12
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    A very important gambling lesson:
    Amarillo Slim said 'You can shear a sheep many times, but skin him only once'".
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  13. 04-30-12 11:12 PM #13
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    'You can shear a sheep many times, but skin him only once'".

    bingo r i p. mr slim
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