Amarillo Slim (Poker player) not hurt in home robbery

A famed poker player known as “Amarillo Slim” wasn’t hurt when two armed men tied him up in his Texas home and robbed him. Amarillo police say 78-year-old Thomas Austin Amarillo Slim Preston Junior had been out, but found the men in his house when he returned Sunday night. Preston says two men had two of his shotguns and took them as they fled. So far no arrests. He co-wrote the book: “Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived.”

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