Poker: history and modernity

in #poker4 years ago

🎭Poker is one of the most popular card games, where the winner is the one who will collect the most profitable combination. Specific rules vary by game.

As a card game, it has deep roots, and the first written mentions of games that are similar in rules to modern poker date back to the 16th century📑

🔎1526: Italians and Spaniards play primero at full speed, and the French dubbed it la prime. True combinations were only 3: pair, three and flash.

Soon, each region decided on its name for this game👁‍🗨: English “brag”, German “pochspiel”, French “poque”. And they came to a common name only at the end of the 18th century, where the French root was taken as a basis.

⛵️Cartographer Jonathan Green described a game that sailors loved to play. From 2 to 4 people played, the deck consisted of 20 cards (from ace to tens). Jonathan noted how important it was to trick and bluff in this game.

Other versions of the origin of poker refer us to dr. China㊙️, where in the 1st century AD mention is made of one game reminiscent of poker, and resembling dominoes.

🆚 Some are sure that poker is a direct descendant of the ancient Persian game as nas, where 5 people try their luck with 25 cards.

The middle of the 19th century, and poker is already played with a deck of 52 cards. A century later, club poker appears with many varieties (Texas Hold'em, Omaha, etc.).

1970 is the first world poker championship.

Today, poker does not stand still, development continues, and the Internet has brought poker to a completely different level, where everyone can plunge into this atmosphere.

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