{"product_id":"9780062275752","title":"Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmarillo Slim Preston has won $300,000 from Willie Neslon playing dominoes and $2 million from Larry Flynt playing poker. He has shuffled, dealt, and bluffed with some of twentieth-century's most famous figures. He beat Minnesota Fats at pool with a broom, Bobby Riggs at table tennis with a skillet, and Evel Knievel at golf with a carpenter's hammer. Amarillo Slim has gambled with 'em all, and left most of them wishing they hadn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe memoirs of a living American icon, Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People is the story of life as a Texas road gambler and the discovery of the Wild West. It's also the story of how Slim won the World Series of Poker at Binion's Horseshoe, became a worldwide celebrity, and brought poker from smoky backrooms to mainstream America. Just let him tell it:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If there's anything I'll argue about, I'll either bet on it or shut up. And since it's not very becoming for a cowboy to be arguing, I've made a few wagers in my day. But in my humble opinion, I'm no ordinary hustler. You see, neighbor, I never go looking for a sucker. I look for a champion and make a sucker out of him ...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm fixing to tell you a few things that I've been keeping to myself for a lot of years. If you're not careful, you just might learn how to get rich without ever having a job.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119307178224,"sku":"9780062275752","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062275752_p0.jpg?v=1763628944","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062275752","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}