Live from the Two Plus Two Studios, May 1 2012 - Remembering Amarillo Slim This week on the Two Plus Two PokerCast Mike and Adam take a look back at the life of recently passed poker legend Amarillo Slim. They start by connecting with Greg Dinkin, co-author of Slims' biography "Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People" to get some great stories about the fast talking Texan. In the next segment the guys get poker blogger "Short-Stacked Shamus" of HardBoiledPoker.com on the line to hear just how much influence Slim had on the game of poker and popular culture. They follow that up by chatting with the one and only Mike Sexton who shares some more great stories about the late poker icon. In forum static the guys cover a wide array of topics including the attack and resulting shut down of the Two Plus Two forums and of course give away the password for the May 6th Poker Stars VIP Club Invitational for PokerCast listeners.


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No thread so I'll make one.

Really enjoyed this episode. Even ignoring the molestation allegations and no-contest plea, Amarillo Slim is a tough character for this kind of remembrance show because it's not all good. Whoever booked the guests did quite well giving us different perspectives and I especially liked the Dinkin interview.

Thx for starting this thread jared. Hopefully listeners will chime in on this episode even though its been up for over 10 days now.

Found this one kind of boring but thats just my personal opinion.

Looking forward to the next.

i wasn't overly enthused when i saw the title, but i found it pretty interesting.

did amarillo slim have a very high pitched voice? The biographer-dude's impressions were pretty funny.

edit: he got an obit in the Economist, i noticed, last week, too.

I've already forgotten any comments I had about it. I always post about it right as I am listening or just finished up.

I'd never heard the table tennis hustling stories before. That was my favorite part.

god damn it feels good to be back! Fresh show being recorded tomorrow night.

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Hope it was easy time to serve.

I would love to see that movie about slim. Haven't read the book but I bet I would enjoy it.

I really liked the podcast.

I am using Mike's, "Nub's up!" and still crack up every time I say it.

There is a quasi documentary on him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GEGhFmWFVA

That's trademark KingDan Smith