Walter Clyde Pearson — poker champ
His name was Walter Clyde Pearson, but everyone in the world of poker knew him as “Puggy.” A cigar-chewing, legendary poker player, Mr. Pearson owned a $200,000, 38-foot-long, diesel-powered Imperial Holiday Rambler motor home dubbed the “Rovin’…
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Casino poker language:
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- ON THE COME - A situation where the player does not have a complete hand but hopes to make one if the right cards come up.
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
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