Poker has been one of the most popular card games in the history. Each individual has been hooked up with this latest trend. But do you actually know the history of poker? Until today, history of poker still remains debatable for some.
Most Historians believed that poker came from the German game named Pochspiel way back the 15th century. It is somewhat similar to As Nas, a Persian game. This Persian game was taught by Persian sailors to the French settlers in New Orleans way back the 1829. In contrast to this belief, there is also a belief that it was first played by the Chinese way back 900 AD and Egyptians also claims that they have played an early form of poker way back the 12th and 13th centuries.
The Persian form of game is called "Ganfija" and was introduced in the 16th century. On the other hand, the French form of this game was named "Poque" in the 18th Century. The German version is called "Pouchen" and "Primero" that was first played in the year 1526 by the Spanish. Another story came out that poker was derived from the combination of two games, "Primero" and "Brelan" which is a French game. These are all the versions of poker in the history.
The mother of all poker is considered to be the Spanish version named "Primero" which has a great similarity to the modern poker today. Brag as the other term of the poker strategy Bluffing is an act of fooling your opponent that you have a winning card despite of having a bad card. This poker strategy was related to the Spanish way of playing their game. Jonathan Green was the first person to make a poker documentary with all the strategies and was considered to be a cheating game for poker players.
As the game of poker evolved during the American Civil War, English men came up with a 52-card deck and gave birth to new poker hands named "flush". It was spread through the Mississippi riverboats where they us gambling as their hobby to kill time. In line with these riverboats, the spread of poker started from the West.
Poker came up with different game variation such as Draw, Jack Pots and Stud in the year 1875. It was improved as the years goes by and come up with 5 Card Draw, 7 Card Stud and the Texas Hold'em as the three most popular poker games now.
Today, poker tournaments are very popular but not everybody knew that the World Series of Poker begun in Las Vegas way back 1970. Up to this date, this event was still practiced and has come up with more major poker tournaments especially from online poker rooms. We can never be sure about the history of poker, but at least we had reviewed short notes about poker. - 31960
Most Historians believed that poker came from the German game named Pochspiel way back the 15th century. It is somewhat similar to As Nas, a Persian game. This Persian game was taught by Persian sailors to the French settlers in New Orleans way back the 1829. In contrast to this belief, there is also a belief that it was first played by the Chinese way back 900 AD and Egyptians also claims that they have played an early form of poker way back the 12th and 13th centuries.
The Persian form of game is called "Ganfija" and was introduced in the 16th century. On the other hand, the French form of this game was named "Poque" in the 18th Century. The German version is called "Pouchen" and "Primero" that was first played in the year 1526 by the Spanish. Another story came out that poker was derived from the combination of two games, "Primero" and "Brelan" which is a French game. These are all the versions of poker in the history.
The mother of all poker is considered to be the Spanish version named "Primero" which has a great similarity to the modern poker today. Brag as the other term of the poker strategy Bluffing is an act of fooling your opponent that you have a winning card despite of having a bad card. This poker strategy was related to the Spanish way of playing their game. Jonathan Green was the first person to make a poker documentary with all the strategies and was considered to be a cheating game for poker players.
As the game of poker evolved during the American Civil War, English men came up with a 52-card deck and gave birth to new poker hands named "flush". It was spread through the Mississippi riverboats where they us gambling as their hobby to kill time. In line with these riverboats, the spread of poker started from the West.
Poker came up with different game variation such as Draw, Jack Pots and Stud in the year 1875. It was improved as the years goes by and come up with 5 Card Draw, 7 Card Stud and the Texas Hold'em as the three most popular poker games now.
Today, poker tournaments are very popular but not everybody knew that the World Series of Poker begun in Las Vegas way back 1970. Up to this date, this event was still practiced and has come up with more major poker tournaments especially from online poker rooms. We can never be sure about the history of poker, but at least we had reviewed short notes about poker. - 31960
