Legend of Poker: Walter Clyde ‘Puggy’ Pearson 1929-2006
Poker is a game of colorful characters. The poker world lost one of its pioneering characters yesterday as Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson passed away. Puggy was 77.
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Poker lexicon:
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
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