The history of Poker
To play poker online may seem something really new. But the game of poker has a fascinating history. Card games have accompanied the history of mankind for centuries. Since its origin it was related to the game of dominoes, and the goal was to trick the opponent, based on a deck where the cards took on different values. History records at the year 969 a. C., the first time a game similar to the card games that we know today was seated by the Chinese emperor Mutsung, who liked to play with his wife during special events.
The Egyptians also played then with cards during the XII and XIII a. C., and even earlier, and by sixteenth century ago a. BC, the Persians had developed a card game where you bet. This game, the direct ancestor of poker was called "As Nas", is played with a deck of 25 cards in the same way poker is played currently.
The word poker originates from the French word "poque" and the German game "Pocho", both based in the Spanish game "Primero", very popular between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. In 1526 was recorded the first document that contains the word "poker", based on a very similar game to the one we play today.
The French settlers brought the game to Canada originating is now know as poker Canada. By the eighteenth century poker was the French national game. The real boom of poker begins when a group of French-Canadian settler is installed in the New Orleans area in Louisiana, along the Mississippi River. This is where poker practice begins to take more force, spreading rapidly throughout the continent.
In 1834, Jonathan H. Greene writes a book where he talks about the pitfalls of a very particular game being played on board many ships on the Mississippi River. It was not uncommon for a rogue, that trying to cheat losing his life at the hands of other angry players.
The development of the state of Nevada, the boom in investment casinos like the Mafia, and the development of the city of Las Vegas confirmed the force had poker in the U.S. population, which plays regularly regardless of social stratum. Poker is the great equalizer that makes everyone, rich and poor, to expect with excitement the cards of your next hand.
