Poker Legend Pearson Dies After Long Illness
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — If poker’s current popularity had been around when Puggy Pearson ruled the Las Vegas card rooms some 30 years ago, he might have become an even larger poker legend.
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Poker lexicon:
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
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