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Gambler

The Resume

    (December 31, 1928-April 29, 2012)
    Born in Johnson, Arkansas
    Birth name was Thomas Austin Preston, Jr.
    Won the World Series of Poker Main Event (1972)
    Won three other WSOP bracelets
    Appeared in the film 'California Split' (1974)
    Wrote 'Play Poker to Win' (1973) and the autobiography 'Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People' (2003)
    Inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame (1992)

Why he might be annoying:

    He had an actual rattlesnake head on his cowboy hat.
    Allegedly, he and fellow finalists Doyle Brunson and Puggy Pearson agreed during a break in play to fix the 1972 Main Event (largely because Pearson and Doyle were worried publicity from the event would get them audited by the IRS).
    Plans for a film based on his autobiography were scuttled after he referred to Joey Bishop as a 'motherfucking Jew' during a radio appearance.
    He was arrested on charges of indecency with his 12-year-old granddaughter (August, 2003) and pled guilty the next year to a reduced misdemeanor assault charge.

Why he might not be annoying:

    A gunman fired three bullets into his car in an attempted robbery (October 4, 2006).
    He was robbed at gunpoint in his house (January 28, 2007).
    He was beaten and robbed while trying to collect a gambling debt (January 22, 2009).
    He popularized the aphorism, 'Look around the table. If you don't see a sucker, get up, because you're the sucker.'
    He inspired the Kenny Rogers hit 'The Gambler.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 202 Votes: 54.95% Annoying