History of Poker

The origin of poker is still a topic of discussion today. The reports vary in their beginnings, in addition to not reference directly associated with the game. Although all agree that its origin is very old, no one knows exactly how it arose and most likely is that formed by the mixing of various games.

Many historians believe that poker was conceived around 900 AD in China. Most likely it is that has emanated from the "mahjong". Other researchers say that poker was born of a Persian game called "as nas", around the seventeenth century. This game was carried out with 5 players, who used a deck of 25 cards with 5 suits.

Some think that the word derives from the French poker "poker." During 1480 in New Orleans, the French who colonized the place playing poker. Poker was a game in which he lied and gambled. According to some experts the case, was in the game of poker was first used a deck of cards with pictures of diamonds, hearts, spades and clubs.

There is also the hypothesis that modern cards originated in India in the game called Ganjifa. Clearly, it is challenging to determine the time and specific location of the origins of poker. They are very uneven various theories and discoveries, making it an extremely complex task to say with certainty when the beginning of this game.

However, Jonathan H. Green made an article, the most significant found so far, related to the game of poker in 1864. In these writings, Green describes certain rules called "cheating game", belonging to a game played in the boats of the Mississippi. When the author discovered the first person to write about that game, I choose to baptize the game like poker.

The game that Jonathan H. Green refers to in his notes, was carried out with 20 cards using only the aces, queens, kings, jacks and tens. This game could be played with up to 4 people, those who betrayed him 5 cards each. At the time Green narrate his writings, poker became the main game of deceit practiced on the steamers of the Mississippi, making the game more prestige than Three-Card Monte.