RIP - Puggy Pearson 1929 - 2006

[Indiana]

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"I'll play any man from any land any game he can name for any amount he can count"


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Sounds like he probably spent too much time with a former heavyweight champion.

Indy

[Thundercat_]

raymer said he was the worst person he ever player with, keep trying to make everybody tilt and being rude

Respect.

[benfranklin]

An old Pug story, from memory:

Pug and his girl friend and some other folks are sitting around talking about the gambling life and poker players who have gone broke and so on.

Pug turns to his girl friend and says, "You'd still love me if I went broke, wouldn't you?"

The girl friend says, "You know I'd love you darling. And I'd miss you too."

[grdred944]

Great guy -- helluva character. One of the oldtimers here in Vegas was sharing his Puggy stories this morning. Poker still has characters but few today stack up to Puggy.

[mlagoo]

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raymer said he was the worst person he ever player with, keep trying to make everybody tilt and being rude

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i'm sure raymer would also have the dignity not to bring that up immediately after the man passed away.

[Thundercat_]

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raymer said he was the worst person he ever player with, keep trying to make everybody tilt and being rude

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i'm sure raymer would also have the dignity not to bring that up immediately after the man passed away.

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why.I dont think he is minding, he has plenty of more important things to worry about like burning in hell

[Rick Nebiolo]

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raymer said he was the worst person he ever player with, keep trying to make everybody tilt and being rude

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i'm sure raymer would also have the dignity not to bring that up immediately after the man passed away.

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Agree regarding Raymer.

I was able to play Pug about three times. I'd heard many of the stories regarding abusive behavior, some of which I suspect were urban myth. The times I played him (mostly 20/40 Omaha/8) he was a lot of fun. He even tried the angle were he pretends to bet but doesn't, which was amusing since I'm about as careful to wait for the player acting in front of me to release his chips as anyone on the planet.

Poker will miss the old timers like Pug. The modern game was built on their shoulders.

~ Rick

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R.I.P

[spsurfin_Michael]

R.I.P. Old Man. My deepest condolences to his family.