| 1st Age : Renaissance France | |||
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The origins of poker are lost in the distant past. It closely resembles the Persian game of as nas and may also have a shared ancestry with the French brelan. The name may well have descended from the French term poque, which itself descended from the German word pochen ("to knock"). This was a game that was played with the card deck as we know it today, consisting of 52 cards and four suits; it was a game which included bluffing and betting. |
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| 2nd Age : American Wild West | |||
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The French exported the game to Canada and America; there are historical reports of poker being played in New Orleans in the early 1800's. From there it is thought to have spread across the rest of the country, for example by Mississippi riverboats, on which gambling was a common pastime. As it spread up the Mississippi and West during the gold rush, it became a part of the frontier pioneer ethos to the extent that many poker terms have firmly embedded themselves in everyday language (poker face, call your bluff etc.). The game evolved as it spread and many changes and additions such as the flush and the straight were introduced. During the American civil war many variations arose, including draw and stud poker. Further American developments followed, such as the wild card (around 1875), lowball and split-pot poker (around 1900), and community card poker games (around 1925). |
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| 3rd Age : Las Vegas | |||
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Modern poker emerged from smoky backrooms and shady clubs and became particularly popular in American casinos after the World Series of Poker began, in 1970. This event has continued to grow ever since and has now reached gigantic proportions - the Main Event of the WSOP 2006 had a prize pool of over $80,000,000, making it by far the richest sporting event in the world. The arrival of internet poker in recent years, coupled with the television-fuelled boom of live tournament events such as the WSOP, propelled poker out of its niche and into mainstream consciousness. |
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