A few years back Greg "Fossilman" Raymer was accosted in the hallway of a casino by two armed gunmen, intent on robbing him, and it seems like this year it is Amarillo Slim's turn. The poker legend, who was not injured during the incident, came home to find that two men were in his place Sunday night. Thomas Austin "Amarillo Slim" Preston Jr., 78, discovered the intruders who had position of two of his shotguns. They held him at gunpoint and tied him up, and then fled the scene. The culprits are still at large.
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