# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-austin-preston
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:01:29.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-austin-preston"
name: "Thomas Austin Preston"
slug: "thomas-austin-preston"
description: "Thomas Austin Preston Jr., known as Amarillo Slim, was an American professional gambler known for his poker skills and proposition bets. He won the 1972 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1992."
tagline: "American poker player (1928–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AmarilloSlim.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1928-12-31"
deathDate: "2012-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.97387466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696378/"
    handle:    "nm0696378"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Амарило Слим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Thomas Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Amarillo Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim"
    title: "Amarillo Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim"
    title: "Amarillo Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim"
    title: "Amarillo Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95_%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D"
    title: "אמרילו סלים"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim"
    title: "Amarillo Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "아마릴로 슬림"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim"
    title: "Amarillo Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim"
    title: "Amarillo Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim"
    title: "Amarillo Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim"
    title: "Amarillo Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "阿瑪里洛瘦子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump