Texas poker great Amarillo Slim beaten up, robbed of cash and diamond ringAMARILLO, Texas – Texas poker great Amarillo Slim was beaten and robbed while trying to take collateral on a $3,000 gambling debt he was owed, police said Thursday.
Amarillo Police Lt. Jim McKenny said the 80-year-old former world champion poker player, whose real name is Thomas Preston, was beaten after being lured to a field Tuesday night expecting to receiver a four-wheeler as collateral. Preston went to the hospital with a broken jaw, hand and thumb, he told the Amarillo Globe-News.
He said he was robbed of $8,000 cash and a diamond ring worth $85,000, McKenny said.
"That would not be that unusual for him to have that kind of money," he said.
