Tuesday 19 November 2013

The history of Poker

In our world there are an infinite number of games that are definitely becoming popular among us. One of them is poker. At the present time, this game has become well known. Poker rooms flooded the Internet, broadcast on television are of a continuing nature, systematically Championship and tournaments around the world. And what is the reason for such popularity of Poker?

Let's dive into the history of the game of Poker.

There are different versions of Poker. One occurrence of the game dates back to 400-500 years ago, on the other-in the beginning of 19 century. For example, in 1526, in Italy and Spain for the first time mentioned a game called "primero", which is very similar to Poker. In France, the game was called "brelan, possibly originating from the English word" Brag "that is boasting. Card games in Europe at that time included elements of bluff.

For the first time the name "poker" was mentioned by English actor Joseph Kromvellom, described the game, known in New Orleans still 1829. Jonathan Green in his book (1843) describes the rules of the game called "the game of deception. The game was popular for river vessels of the Mississippi River. It is believed that it was the first time Green has called the "game of deception poker.

At an early stage of development of the poker game was with a different number of cards. For example, in the Persian game ÂS NAS is the source of all 25 cards. Further Poker spread and in America, where the number of cards increased to 52.

Of course, Poker has changed many times. In about 1925 year, pull the community card-additional cards that were used by all competitors, gave up on the table in the "open". There were various versions of the games, such as no limit Texas Hold'em, Limit Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, and many other types of Poker, having a huge success around the world.

In our advanced age of high technology Poker successfully took its place among the intellectual games. A huge role in popularizing the game undoubtedly is the development of the Internet. It provides the opportunity to participate in various tournaments, without leaving your home!

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