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Poker History

It cannot be said with certainty when the Poker began to be played, the game of Poker as we know it today is the result of evolution and conjugation of various games over more than 10 centuries of history. You can find the roots of Poker game invented by the Chinese in 969 BC, tells a legend that it was A Chinese Emperor-Tsung that with his wife, on the eve of new year, drew dominoes cards began playing with the combinations and see who had the best to win the game. What we know with certainty about the card games is that the Egyptians in the 12th and 13th century wore a certain form of cards to play several games, such as the Persians after these also tossed letters in the 16th century. Persian Artifacts found there that they were playing with what became known as "Ganjifa, or Letters of the Treasury.

A "Ganjifa" was composed of 96 cards with various illustrations, and were made from thin slices from role of wood or ivory. Also know that the Persians played a game with rules use 25 letters, betting rounds and the winner was determined by those who had the best combination of cards. Later, the French invented the brelan, while the Germans played the "Pochen", which became famous and very popular games in the 17th and 18th century in Europe. These games yielded another Spanish game, the "Primero", which was played with three cards per player and after made bets players show their cards and determined the winner for the best combination of cards. The "Primero" is regarded as the father of Poker, played since 1526, because also when playing this game players were the famous Bluff in Poker today, in which players with lower cards make bluff as having much better letters and a winning hand.

At the beginning of the 18th century the game passes from Europe to North America brought by French settlers. These to establish the city of New Orleans bring with them not only food and French music but also the brelan game. The game quickly spread by the State of Louisiana as the most popular hobby while did slow boat trips by Mississippi, to quickly spread to all corners of the United States of America. During the American civil war soldiers invented many versions of the game of Poker with adding rules to make the Stud Card Poker or Community Card poker games like Omaha Poker. In the 1970s expansion is a game of Poker winner with the introduction of the game in tournaments like the World Series of Poker, which still plays, editing of several books on how to play Poker and with various strategies.

In the 1990s there is further an explosion of interest in Poker with many casinos to open doors for all United States and the introduction of online poker in 1998 by Planet Poker. The 21st century saw a huge expansion of the game, with several tournaments a worldwide successfully broadcasted on television. Each time there is more money and image rights to be earned by the players today are like stars from the world of Poker. Poker continues to grow and the first decade of the 21st century is only the beginning of the conquest of the world by this multisecular game.