J. C. Pearson (January 29, 1933 – January 18, 2021) was a professional poker player originally from

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who won a bracelet at the

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. He is a brother of World Series of Poker bracelet winner

Puggy Pearson Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson (January 29, 1929 – April 12, 2006) was an American professional poker player. He is best known as the 1973 World Series of Poker Main Event winner. Early years Pearson was born and raised in Tennessee in a fami ...

. Pearson was born and raised in Tennessee and had eight siblings. He followed in his brother's footsteps and moved to

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to play poker and has been an active player since the early 1980s. He won one

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bracelet: at the

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in the $2,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split event, defeating Matthias Rohnacher during heads-up play. In addition to the bracelet, Pearson earned a cash prize of $103,000. Earlier in the same series, Pearson finished runner-up to

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in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event. When J. C. won his bracelet, he and brother Puggy became the first brothers to win bracelets at the World Series of Poker. They remained the only brothers to have bracelets until the

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when brothers Blair Hinkle and Grant Hinkle both won a bracelet. Pearson also cashed in the $10,000 No Limit Holdem Main Event in 1994, finishing in 19th place and earning $16,800. His total live tournament earnings exceed $900,000. His 12 cashes at the World Series of Poker make up $250,744 of that total.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pearson, J. C. 1933 births 2021 deaths American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners Super Bowl of Poker event winners People from Tennessee Poker players from the Las Vegas Valley