Introduction
Poker is the hottest game around and the most played poker
game is Texas Hold'em (See
Texas Hold'em Poker Rules). In every country in the world
gamble fans are playing Texas Hold'em games and it's seems that
it's popularity is never ending. Playing Texas Hold'em for free
on the internet at
poker
sites has become very popular over the last couple of years.
Many are curious about the origin of Texas Hold'em, who invented
the game? And who put the game on the internet? To answer these
questions it is important to go back and discover the history of
poker.
History of Poker
There are many different stories about how poker came into
this world and their seems to be no solid proof of a predecessor
of poker. Most stories agree that the
game of poker
is probably a version of several different games.
Many people believe that Poker came from China around 900
A.D, like many other gamble games. The Chinese played this
variant of poker not with cards since they weren't invented yet,
but with nicely painted dominoes. The Chinese Emperor Mu Tsung
introduced the game 'domino cards' in 969 A.D. and this is
believed to be the oldest form of poker. A game from Germany
called 'Pochspiel' is also considered to be a forerunner of
poker as we know it today. The rules and the name of the game
have some similarities. Another theory claims that poker came
from India, were the game supposedly comes from the Indian card
game 'Ganjifa'. Ganjifa existed of 96 painted playing cards and
they were used for several different betting games.
The most common believe is that Poker was born in France,
from the French name 'Pogue'. This was a game that was played in
the 15th century, with the card deck as we know it today, 52
cards and 4 suits. It was a card game that included bluffing and
betting. The French colonials brought Pogue to Canada and after
that to the United States in the beginning of the 17th century,
but the game became a really popular in the beginning of the
18th century in New Orleans. During the American Civil War, many
soldiers played the game to pass the time. From this first Pogue
game, different versions evolved, like 'Stud' and 'Draw'. Pogue
turned into 'Poker' in 1834 by a gambling fan called Jonathan H.
Green. He learned how to play card games in prison. After his
release he went to the Mississippi River to show off his new
acquired skills and he became a professional card player. He
discovered the different versions of the 'Pogue' game here.
Green fell in love with this new game and since then he decided
the game should be called Poker.
History of Texas Hold'em
The true history of Texas Hold'em is yet unknown. The story
goes that the very first location were the game Texas Hold'em
was ever played was in Robstown in Texas around 1900. What made
Texas Hold'em really famous was the World Series of Poker
Tournament. The WSOP exists since 1970, where it took place for
the first time at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas and ever since then
the game Texas Hold'em, has been played by poker players all
over the world.
