If you see a guy playing poker with a cowboy hat and ostrich skin boots Thiago Alcantara Spain Jersey , chances are that guy is either mimicking Amarillo Slim, or it may be Thomas ?Amarillo Slim? Preston. Slim is one of the most accomplished and recognized players of poker in the world.

Thomas Preston Jr. was born in Johnson, Arkansas on December 31 Sergio Rico Spain Jersey , 1928. When his parents divorced, he moved to Amarillo, Texas with his father. While Slim was in the Navy Sergio Ramos Spain Jersey , he hustled pool, sports events, and returned to the states as a seasoned gambler. When Slim met Doyle Brunson Sergio Busquets Spain Jersey , they became good friends and formed a partnership traveling town to town playing poker. Slim proclaims himself to be ?The greatest gambler who has ever lived.?

Amarillo Slim became famous when he won the 1972 World Series of Poker Championship. At that time, poker was played under the radar as most gamblers were afraid of publicity and didn?t want the government snooping around in their winnings. Slim won the 1972 event and took home $60,000 dollars and has since won three other bracelets. These bracelets include the $1K no Limit Hold?Em in 1974 Santi Cazorla Spain Jersey , $5 K pot limit Omaha event at the 1985 and 1990 WSOP. He almost won his fifth bracelet but lost to Phil Ivey in 2000. Slim was very unorthodox as we welcomed the attention and became extremely famous by touting his win to the world. This forever changes the way poker was viewed by the public eye and brought popularity to poker. He appeared in movies, tv shows, and became an icon in the 70?s. He holds four Word Series of Poker Bracelets and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1992.

Slim also holds the Guinness Book of Records for being in Five Halls Fame. These halls of fame include: poker Pedro Rodriguez Spain Jersey , gambling, seniors, legends of Texas Paco Alcacer Spain Jersey , and Legends of Nevada. Slim?s character and love of the spotlight forever changed poker and the worlds of gambling forever. Just like the popular athletes of today, who are plastered on TV commercials and merchandise, the same was said of Amarillo Slim back in his hay day.

Now poker events are highly televised and poker players that win are heralded by the public. These events and tournaments are shown on huge stations like ESPN and other sports networks around the world. The players that win and get instant fame all have Amarillo Slim to thank for this as Slim took the underbelly of gambling and turned it into a competitive sport that would be well known about by the public and sports communities throughout the world. Slim became a legend in Las Vegas as a poker icon and changed the way the game was played forever.

Slim?s positive image and fame has increased gambling profits and has caused casinos to pop up all over the world because of the increased popularity of gambling worldwide. Amarillo Slims impact to the sport of gambling will continue to be felt as the ripples of popularity and fame continue to help players boost into the limelight and take home never before seen monster record winnings.

 

 

 

by Basten Gokkon

 

JAKARTA， Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Four world-class Indonesianuniversities on Thursday signed an agreement with China's ZhejiangBestwa EnviTech group to seek waste-based solutions for waterscarcity and renewable source of energy.

 

Representatives from University of Indonesia， University ofGadjah Mada， University of Dipenogoro， and Bandung Institute ofTechnology took part an in-depth discussion with executives fromthe Chinese environmental protection company in Jakarta aboutefforts to develop infrastructures that provide clean water supplyand energy from the use of water and liquid wastes.

 

Daniel Porzel-Fang， assistant to CEO of Shenzhen Fountain whichis a subsidiary of the publicly-listed Bestwa， told Xinhua thatpartnering with Indonesian universities meant understanding betterthe core needs of local communities across the archipelago.

 

"We take a very long-term view to see what does it mean todevelop infrastructure and operate infrastructure in Indonesia andit's very clear to us that it'd be difficult for us to do itwithout the universities，" he said in an interview， noting thatBestwa has a long history of partnering with academias inChina.

 

According to Porzel-Fang， his company's goal in Indonesia， whichis Bestwa's first foray into international business， is to bring inrealized infrastructural development on water and liquid wastemanagement that they have done in China to Indonesia withimprovements based on the latter's needs and conditions.

 

"We're working with universities because these infrastructuredevelopment projects will have to be built by the majority ofIndonesian nationals and managed by them because Indonesian peopleknow best of Indonesia，" he said.

 

Bestwa， through Fountain， is currently doing feasibility studiesfor a project in Denpasar， Bali Province to help provide localcommunities clean water supply through low-cost， advancedtechnology. The project is awaiting the government's approval.

 

The initiative was well-received by the four universities asthey noted that knowledge-based cooperation between Indonesia andChina had plenty opportunities for escalation， especially inregards with waste-based solutions for water shortage and renewableenergy source.

 

PENTA-HELIX PARTNERSHIP

 

Dwikorita Karnawati， dean of Gadjah Mada University， suggested aso-called "penta-helix partnership" concept in which academias，businesses， communities， governments， and philanthropists areputting efforts to resolve the issues of waste management.

 

"Developing a sustainable solution must then put local societyor community in the center of this partnership，" she said in herkeynote speech.

 

Fountain's Porzel-Fang echoed her views saying that his companyaimed to engage in an inclusive concept in which they could alsoaddress some of the most pressing issues currently faced inIndonesia， aside from building and engineering infrastr. Wholesale Jerseys   Wholesale Jerseys China   Wholesale Jerseys For Cheap   Wholesale Authentic Jerseys   Wholesale College Jerseys China   Cheap Jerseys China Free Shipping   Cheap College Basketball Jerseys   Wholesale Authentic Soccer Jerseys   Wholesale MLB Jerseys Cheap   Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys