Poker legend "Amarillo Slim" Preston, who dominated the tables long before the game's massive growth in popularity, died early Sunday morning after a long illness at the age of 83. Born Thomas Austin ...

During the 1972 World Series of Poker final table, the wisest public relations move the game ever experienced was formulated over dirty cups of coffee and a few cigarettes in a Binion’s coffee shop ...

Poker legend “Amarillo Slim” Preston died Sunday morning at the age of 83. Born Thomas Austin Preston Jr. on Dec. 31, 1928 in Johnson, Arkansas, “Amarillo Slim” became one of poker’s most well known ...

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 ...

AMARILLO, Texas – 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 ...

AMARILLO, Texas - 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 ...

Amarillo Slim Preston has been called the greatest gambler who ever lived. He's won bets not only in pool halls and poker games, but golf courses, rivers and jail cells. But Preston, who first rose to ...

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 ...

AMARILLO, Texas -- 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 ...

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 ...