AMARILLO, Texas-- Thomas Austin "Amarillo Slim" Preston Jr., the poker champion whose brash style, fast talking and love of the spotlight helped broaden the professional game's appeal and made him one ...

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Thomas Austin "Amarillo Slim" Preston Jr., a poker champion whose brash style, fast talking and love of the spotlight helped broaden the professional game's appeal and made him ...

Thomas Austin "Amarillo Slim" Preston Jr., a poker champion whose brash style, fast talking and love of the spotlight helped broaden the professional game's appeal and made him one of its most ...

Legendary gambler Amarillo Slim Preston, who captured the World Series of Poker in 1972 and has legitimately snookered more money out of more people than most of us make in a lifetime, steers clear of ...

There is an interesting subculture to gamblers involving nicknames. Once you get one, it's yours for life. The nickname is usually attached to a playing style, social habit or even the way you look.

Thomas Austin "Amarillo Slim" Preston Jr., an acclaimed professional poker player who fancied himself the "World's Greatest Gambler," has died. Bunky Preston said Monday that his father died of colon ...

Bunky Preston said Monday that his father died of colon cancer Sunday in hospice care in Amarillo, Texas. He was 83. Preston won the 1972 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and was inducted into the ...