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Poker History

What is the history of poker? When did it start? Where? @bethalea here to answer some of these highly important and pressing questions just for YOU, my darling Steemians!

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Cards

Playing cards have a fascinating history. (did I mention I was a History major?) Given their importance in this day and age (meaning not very important, unless you’re an active card player), it may interest you to know that they have been everything from valuable works of art, symbols of the French Revolution to being featured in famous paintings such as Cezannes Card Players. Playing cards most likely originated in China and spread from there, geographically. In the beginning cards were hand painted and considered very valuable.

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Poker

Modern day poker is believed to have begun in the early 19th Century in the United States of America. Believed to have originated in Persia as the game ‘As-Nas’, OR from France as ‘Poque’ OR from the German game Pochen, it is fairly evident that the game of poker or something like it was played all over the world and most likely they all melded together to become the game we know and love today!

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Texas Hold’em

Texas Hold’em became ridiculously popular in the 2000’s in America as online poker exploded and the {WSOP](http://www.wsop.com/) took over television programming. No one can pinpoint exactly when Hold’em was invented, the Texas Legislature claims it began in Robstown, Texas in the early 1900’s.
Coined the ‘thinking man’s game due to the number of betting opportunities, Hold’em was introduced to Las Vegas in the 1950’s or 60’s but didn’t catch on until 1970’s when Jack and Benny Binon bought the rights to a convention called the ‘Gambling Fraternity Convention’, turning it inot the World Series of Poker where No Limit Hold’em became the main event.

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Catch you on the felt!

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