Chuck Blount: Poker: Pearson left legacy as unmatched icon
Last week’s passing of Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson left the poker world with one less icon, but the stories of the old road gambler and the contributions he made to the game will live on.
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Poker lexicon:
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
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