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  • TEXAS MICKEY
    SBR MVP
    • 11-14-10
    • 1398

    #1
    Rip.....""amarillo slim""
    Slim passed away yesterday of colon cancer. Man was a Legend........
  • Br0nxer
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 03-25-11
    • 13665

    #2
    didn't he rape some young girls or am i thinking of someone else
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    • TEXAS MICKEY
      SBR MVP
      • 11-14-10
      • 1398

      #3
      Originally posted by Br0nxer
      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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      • Sam Odom
        SBR Aristocracy
        • 10-30-05
        • 58063

        #4
        bad info

        see post below

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        • Sam Odom
          SBR Aristocracy
          • 10-30-05
          • 58063

          #5
          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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          • mynameismud
            SBR Hall of Famer
            • 02-13-12
            • 5461

            #6
            hes been a staple in the poker and prop bet scene for decades.
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            • Sam Odom
              SBR Aristocracy
              • 10-30-05
              • 58063

              #7
              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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              • TEXAS MICKEY
                SBR MVP
                • 11-14-10
                • 1398

                #8
                Originally posted by Sam Odom
                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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                • TEXAS MICKEY
                  SBR MVP
                  • 11-14-10
                  • 1398

                  #9
                  That was his schtick...........THE HUSTLE.
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                  • Sam Odom
                    SBR Aristocracy
                    • 10-30-05
                    • 58063

                    #10
                    Originally posted by TEXAS MICKEY

                    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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                    • wtt0315
                      SBR Hall of Famer
                      • 01-18-07
                      • 8037

                      #11
                      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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                      • Jayvegas420
                        BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                        • 03-09-11
                        • 28213

                        #12
                        A very important gambling lesson:
                        Amarillo Slim said 'You can shear a sheep many times, but skin him only once'".
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                        • sweethook
                          SBR Posting Legend
                          • 11-21-07
                          • 12667

                          #13
                          'You can shear a sheep many times, but skin him only once'".

                          bingo r i p. mr slim
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