Amarillo Slim

Famed directo Milos Forman is working on a film about poker legend Thomas Austin “Amarillo Slim” Preston Jr.

Nicolas Cage is playing the role of Amarillo Slim in the film due for a "late" 2007 release. Rumors have it that the mistaken kidnapping of Slim by Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar is in the script.

Seriously, like it should be a felony to rob Amarillo Slim in Amarillo of all places -- especially with gunfire. Oh, wait, it is. Here's the article (reg. req.) of what apparently went down in the Texas Panhandle in the Tuesday night/Wednesday morning wee hours.

Since I suspect many of you are not subscribers to the Amarillo Globe News, let me summarize:

-- A yellow vehicle cuts off Slim, forces him to stop.

-- Passenger of yellow vehicle gets out, draws gun, demands money.

-- Slim says no and slams his car into reverse.

-- Gunman fires three shots as he flees. At least two bullets hit his car.

-- Slim was not injured and refuses to comment on the incident.

-- Nicholas Cage will be playing Amarillo Slim in an upcoming movie.

So there you have it. Wow. Poker is as poker does, I guess. But why is it that the poker world is starting to look more and more like the rap music world of the late '90s? I bet Thomas Preston never thought he'd be thought of as the R. Kelley of poker.