Poker legend Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson, 77
Posted: Monday, April 17th, 2006 6:35 amApril 13, 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. …
A true founding father of modern day tournament poker, Puggy was one of the seven poker players invited by Benny and Jack Binion to participate in the very first World Series of Poker in 1970. Pearson was the runner up in both the 1971, and 1972 WSOP Main Event (preliminary events started in 1972), but it was 1973 when Puggy broke through. Puggy won three events at the World Series of Poker in 1973, including the Main Event. In those days, the tournament was winner take all, and in 1973 Puggy took down the entire prize pool for the main event — $130,000. … Read full obituary
