History of poker
Poker, as we know it today, was born in America. And from
there became known to the entire world. In order to play
poker, we
need cards. The first cards were made in China but there
are no references that Chinese people played this kind
of game.
The Europeans learnt the cards form the Arabs. The reports
about a Persian game that looks like poker, the Nas, came
chronologically very later. So, probably the Europeans
brought this game to
Persia. In Europe, the ancestors of poker were called "poque" or "pochen.
The French-speaking emigrants in America seem that gave to
the game its today form, in New Orleans. In very short time,
the game met big success in the American West. But with the
success, came at the same time and the bad reputation of poker
because of the deceit game that professional players played
against inapprehensive victims (marked cards, cards in sleeves
e.t.c.)
Today,
poker is a universal game, with athletic character, world confederacies,
unions and championships. Poker is a game
that is played in every casino, but also, in other places
and in internet. The actual form of poker exists in many variations,
except for the classical form with the 5 cards in every
opponent,
which aim to the multiplication of bets for stronger competition.
The basic form of poker is the stud poker that is played
in casinos but it does not involve any action of the player
because
neither the player nor the dealer changes cards. Other
games of poker are the ones that are famous, these that are
played
by groups of players. Recently, some electronic games of poker, the videos poker, have become
very famous too.