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Puggy Pearson

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  • Name: Puggy Pearson
  • Current Residence: Deceased
  • Birth Date: January 29, 1929
  • Birth Place: Adairville, Kentucky, United States

Considered a pioneering great among the giants of poker, Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson spent more than 30 years making his living as a professional poker player and gambler before his death on April 12, 2006.

Born in Kentucky in 1929, he was one of nine kids; his dad was a sharecropper and whisky bootlegger who eventually quit the bootlegging business when Puggy was six after a competitor shot off his pinky.

The family eventually moved to... Read more >>

Trivia

  • Had a flattened nose
  • Had four WSOP bracelets
  • Member of the Poker Hall of Fame
  • Credited with creating the "freeze out" tournament style
  • Only player present at every WSOP from 1970 to 2005

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament Place Winnings
1971 WSOP, Event 1, Seven-Card Stud 1st $10,000

Player Statistics

Cashes2
Total Winnings$140,000
First Place Finishes2
WSOP Bracelets2

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