Amarillo Slim Quotes

United States, Poker Player
December 31, 1928 – April, 29, 2012.

Thomas Austin Preston Jr., known as Amarillo Slim, was an American professional gambler known for his poker skills and proposition bets. Preston won the 1972 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1992.

I never go looking for a sucker. I look for a Champion and make a sucker of of him.

Amarillo Slim
- Champion
- Looking
- Sucker
If you are going to bluff, make it a big one.

Amarillo Slim
- Big
- Make It
- Bluff

You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once.

Amarillo Slim
- Hundred
- Once
- Sheep
My favorite chip trick is to make everyone's chip stack disappear.

Amarillo Slim
- Disappear
- Trick
- Chip
Sometimes the lambs slaughter the butcher.

Amarillo Slim
- Slaughter
- Lambs
- Butcher
I don't believe in hunches. Hunches are for dogs making love.

Amarillo Slim
- Believe
- Dogs
- Hunches
It never hurts for potential opponents to think you're more than a little stupid and can hardly count all the money in your hip pocket, much less hold on to it.

Amarillo Slim
- Money
- Opponents
- Pocket
I dont play any two suited cards. I play any two non-suited cards. That way I am drawing at two different flushes.

Amarillo Slim
- Drawing
- Cards
- Flushes