	{"id":38011,"date":"2008-08-05T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerstrategy.com\/hu\/glossary\/amarillo-slim\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T03:54:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:54:53","slug":"amarillo-slim","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerstrategy.com\/hu\/glossary\/Amarillo-Slim\/","title":{"rendered":"Amarillo Slim"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/cdn-origin.pokerstrategy.com\/Editorial\/hu\/amarillo_news.jpg\" width=\"209\" align=\"right\" height=\"150\" hspace=\"5\"><b>N&eacute;v:<\/b> Thomas Austin Preston Jr.<br>\n<b>Becen&eacute;v:<\/b> Amarillo Slim<br>\n<b>Lakhely:<\/b> Amarillo, TX, United States<br>\n<b>Versenynyerem&eacute;ny:<\/b> ~600 000$<br>\n<b>WSOP kark&ouml;t&#337;k:<\/b> 4<\/p><div align=\"justify\">\n<\/div><div align=\"justify\">\n<\/div><div align=\"justify\">\n<\/div><p align=\"justify\">\n1928. december 31.-&eacute;n sz&uuml;letett Arkansasben. Mineral Wellsben, Texasban<br>\nn&#337;tt fel, majd a sz&uuml;lei v&aacute;l&aacute;sa ut&aacute;n &eacute;desapj&aacute;val Amarilloba k&ouml;lt&ouml;z&ouml;tt,<br>\nahol a mai napig is &eacute;l. &Eacute;retts&eacute;gi ut&aacute;n n&eacute;h&aacute;ny &eacute;vig a hadseregn&eacute;l<br>\nszolg&aacute;lt, azt&aacute;n pedig r&aacute;t&eacute;rt arra az &uacute;tra, minek sor&aacute;n - neki is<br>\nk&ouml;sz&ouml;nhet&#337;en - a p&oacute;ker igaz&aacute;n n&eacute;pszer&#369;v&eacute; v&aacute;lt. Megh&aacute;zasodott, azonban<br>\nh&aacute;rom gyermeke megsz&uuml;let&eacute;se ut&aacute;n el is v&aacute;lt.<\/p><p>A szerencsej&aacute;t&eacute;kokkal 25 &eacute;vesen kezdett foglalkozni,<br>\nabban az id&#337;ben azonban m&eacute;g a szerencsej&aacute;t&eacute;k minden form&aacute;ja tiltott<br>\nvolt. Beutazta az eg&eacute;sz orsz&aacute;got, mindenhol &uacute;jabb &eacute;s &uacute;jabb<br>\np&oacute;kerj&aacute;t&eacute;kokat ismert meg. Utaz&aacute;sai sor&aacute;n tal&aacute;lkozott <i>Doyle Brunsonnal<\/i> &eacute;s <i>Brian \"Sailor\" Roberts<\/i>-el<br>\nis, akikhez a k&eacute;s&#337;bbiekben m&aacute;r szoros bar&aacute;ti &eacute;s &uuml;zlett&aacute;rsi kapcsolat<br>\nf&#369;zte. Doyle Bruson &bdquo;Super System\" c&iacute;m&#369; k&ouml;nyv&eacute;ben azt &iacute;rja, hogy h&aacute;rman<br>\nk&ouml;z&ouml;s bankrollt &eacute;p&iacute;tettek, a p&oacute;kerrel kapcsolatos minden ismereteiket<br>\n&eacute;s tapasztalataikat megosztott&aacute;k. A p&oacute;kertri&oacute; v&aacute;rosr&oacute;l v&aacute;rosra utazott,<br>\nmindenhol fogad&aacute;sokat k&ouml;t&ouml;ttek &eacute;s j&aacute;tszottak, ahol csak lehetett. <\/p><p>Am&iacute;g<br>\nAmarillo Slim utazgatott &eacute;s illeg&aacute;lis partikon h&oacute;dolt szenved&eacute;ly&eacute;nek,<br>\naddig a p&oacute;kert sz&eacute;pen lassan elfogadta az orsz&aacute;g. A '70-es &eacute;vek elej&eacute;n<br>\na World Series of Poker megalap&iacute;t&aacute;sa m&aacute;r egy hatalmas l&eacute;p&eacute;st jelentett<br>\na j&aacute;t&eacute;k legaliz&aacute;l&aacute;s&aacute;hoz vezet&#337; &uacute;ton. <\/p><p>A t&eacute;ny, hogy <i>Johnny Moss<\/i> 1970-ben &eacute;s 71-ben<br>\nis nyerni tudott az els&#337; k&eacute;t versenyen, igen csak piszk&aacute;lta Preston<br>\nfant&aacute;zi&aacute;j&aacute;t. &#336; is bajnok akart lenni, &eacute;s ez a k&ouml;vetkez&#337; &eacute;vben m&aacute;r &ouml;ssze<br>\nis j&ouml;tt neki, majd k&eacute;s&#337;bb m&eacute;g tov&aacute;bbi h&aacute;rom alkalommal tudott<br>\nbizony&iacute;tani (1974 NL Hold'em, 1985 &eacute;s 1990 PL Omaha). <\/p><p>A p&oacute;ker pedig megkezdte t&eacute;rh&oacute;d&iacute;t&aacute;s&aacute;t. Amarillo sz&aacute;mtalan TV-s<br>\nszerepl&eacute;s&eacute;nek k&ouml;sz&ouml;nhet&#337;en a p&oacute;ker nagyk&ouml;vet&eacute;v&eacute; l&eacute;pett el&#337;.<br>\nK&ouml;zkedveltt&eacute; v&aacute;lt Amerik&aacute;ban, azonban amellett, hogy szerencsej&aacute;t&eacute;kos<br>\nt&ouml;rt&eacute;neteivel belopta mag&aacute;t az emberek sz&iacute;v&eacute;be, a p&oacute;kerj&aacute;t&eacute;knak is<br>\nrangot k&uuml;zd&ouml;tt ki. <\/p><p>Amarillo az &uacute;j kelet&#369; h&iacute;rneve adta lehet&#337;s&eacute;geket igyekezett<br>\nkihaszn&aacute;lni, &eacute;s mindent megtett az&eacute;rt, hogy a p&oacute;ker fejl&#337;d&eacute;s&eacute;t<br>\nel&#337;seg&iacute;tse. &Uacute;j versenyeket &eacute;s versenysorozatokat ind&iacute;tott, k&ouml;zt&uuml;k<br>\np&eacute;ld&aacute;ul az \"Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker\"-t, ami a WSOP mellett<br>\nakkoriban a legnagyobb p&oacute;keresem&eacute;ny volt. <\/p><p>T&ouml;bben &uacute;gy jellemezt&eacute;k az ezt k&ouml;vet&#337; id&#337;szakot, mint amelyben <i>Thomas Austin Preston<\/i><br>\n&uacute;jra feltal&aacute;lta a szerencsej&aacute;t&eacute;kot. &Eacute;lvezte is a helyzet&eacute;t &eacute;s az &#337;t<br>\nk&ouml;r&uuml;lvev&#337; elismer&eacute;st. Volt, hogy tev&eacute;n lovagolt &aacute;t kaszin&oacute;kba, nyakt&ouml;r&#337;<br>\nrafting t&uacute;r&aacute;kon vett r&eacute;szt &eacute;s &#337;r&uuml;ltebbn&eacute;l &#337;r&uuml;ltebb sport&aacute;gakban m&eacute;rte<br>\n&ouml;ssze tud&aacute;s&aacute;t a vil&aacute;g legnagyobb sportol&oacute;ival, term&eacute;szetesen minden<br>\nalkalommal nem csek&eacute;ly fogad&aacute;sokat k&ouml;tve saj&aacute;t mag&aacute;ra. Ezeknek a<br>\nfogad&aacute;soknak nagy r&eacute;sz&eacute;t persze meg is nyerte, mivel t&ouml;bbnyire t&uacute;lj&aacute;rt<br>\nellenfelei esz&eacute;n. <\/p><p><i>Megt&ouml;rt&eacute;nt,<br>\nhogy Amarillo kijelentette, hogy az akkort&aacute;jt h&iacute;res versenylovat,<br>\nSeabiscuitet &#337; bizony legy&#337;zi fut&aacute;sban egy 100 m&eacute;teres t&aacute;von. Egyetlen<br>\nkik&ouml;t&eacute;se az volt, hogy &#337; v&aacute;laszthassa meg a p&aacute;ly&aacute;t. A hatalmas<br>\nfogad&aacute;sok megt&eacute;tele ut&aacute;n kiv&aacute;lasztott egy 50 m&eacute;teres, fordul&oacute;s<br>\nszakaszt. Ahogy eliramodtak, term&eacute;szetesen a l&oacute; lehagyta a p&oacute;kerest,<br>\nazonban a fordul&oacute; m&aacute;r pr&oacute;b&aacute;ra tette a zsok&eacute; minden erej&eacute;t, mivel a<br>\nversenylovak nincsenek fordul&oacute;khoz szokva. Mire a lovas meg tudta<br>\nford&iacute;tani a lovat, addig Amarillo m&aacute;r r&eacute;g a c&eacute;lban vigyorgott.<\/i> <i>Tov&aacute;bbi<br>\nkalandos fogad&aacute;sainak &eacute;s j&aacute;t&eacute;kainak gy&#369;jtem&eacute;nye megtal&aacute;lhat&oacute; 2003-as<br>\n&bdquo;Amarillo Slim In A World Full Of Fat People\" c&iacute;m&#369; &ouml;n&eacute;letrajz&aacute;ban.<br>\n<\/i><br>\nAmarillo &eacute;let&eacute;vel kapcsolatban azonban sz&aacute;mos legenda is kering. Hallani lehetett anno, hogy a drogb&aacute;r&oacute;, <i>Pablo Escobar<\/i><br>\nemberei elrabolt&aacute;k Kolumbi&aacute;ban, vagy hogy olyasmivel viccel&#337;d&ouml;tt, hogy<br>\n&#337; bizony elv&aacute;gn&aacute; a saj&aacute;t tork&aacute;t, ha a World Series of Poker-t valaha is<br>\nn&#337; nyern&eacute; meg. Egyik h&iacute;res mond&aacute;sa, melyet igaz&aacute;n sokszor id&eacute;znek<br>\nmanaps&aacute;g is: &bdquo;Ha f&eacute;l &oacute;r&aacute;n bel&uuml;l nem ismered fel, hogy az asztaln&aacute;l ki a<br>\nbalek, akkor te vagy az.\"<\/p><p>1992-ben felv&eacute;telt nyert a Poker Hall of Fame-be.<br>\nM&aacute;ra m&aacute;r j&oacute;csk&aacute;n meg&ouml;regedett, csup&aacute;n az elmaradhatatlan cowboy kalap<br>\n&eacute;s csizma eml&eacute;keztet megjelen&eacute;s&eacute;ben r&eacute;gi &ouml;nmag&aacute;ra. A p&oacute;kerrel sem<br>\nigaz&aacute;n foglalkozik manaps&aacute;g tev&eacute;kenyen, a versenyek alkalm&aacute;val maximum<br>\na lel&aacute;t&oacute;n tal&aacute;lkozhatunk vele, mert az eredm&eacute;nyekr&#337;l szeret els&#337; k&eacute;zb&#337;l<br>\n&eacute;rtes&uuml;lni. Manaps&aacute;g saj&aacute;t bevall&aacute;sa szerint ink&aacute;bb &uacute;szik, golfozik vagy<br>\nteniszezik. <\/p><p>2003-ban sikereit azonban be&aacute;rny&eacute;kolta egy b&iacute;r&oacute;s&aacute;gi &iacute;t&eacute;let, melyben<br>\nb&#369;n&ouml;snek mondt&aacute;k ki 12 &eacute;ves le&aacute;ny unok&aacute;ja megront&aacute;s&aacute;ban &eacute;s 4.000$<br>\nb&uuml;ntet&eacute;s megfizet&eacute;si k&ouml;telezetts&eacute;ge mellett k&eacute;t &eacute;v felf&uuml;ggesztett<br>\nb&ouml;rt&ouml;nb&uuml;ntet&eacute;st kapott. Mindezek ellen&eacute;re Thomas Austin Preston Jr.<br>\nmindenkinek, aki sz&iacute;v&eacute;n viseli a p&oacute;kert, az a f&eacute;rfi &eacute;s p&oacute;kerlegenda<br>\nmarad, aki olyan sokat tett a p&oacute;ker&eacute;rt, mint senki m&aacute;s. Kalandos<br>\n&eacute;let&#337;b&#337;l hollywoodi film k&eacute;sz&uuml;lt <i>Nicholas Cage<\/i> f&#337;szerepl&eacute;s&eacute;vel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1928. december 31.-\u00c3\u00a9n sz\u00c3\u00bcletett Arkansasben. Mineral Wellsben, Texasban n\u00c5\u2018tt fel, majd a sz\u00c3\u00bclei v\u00c3\u00a1l\u00c3\u00a1sa ut\u00c3\u00a1n \u00c3\u00a9desapj\u00c3\u00a1val Amarilloba k\u00c3\u00b6lt\u00c3\u00b6z\u00c3\u00b6tt, ahol a mai napig is \u00c3\u00a9l. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38011","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amarillo Slim - PokerStrategy HU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerstrategy.com\/hu\/glossary\/Amarillo-Slim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"hu_HU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amarillo Slim - PokerStrategy HU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1928. december 31.-\u00c3\u00a9n sz\u00c3\u00bcletett Arkansasben. 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