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History of Texas Holdem

ever in the has it been as popular as nowadays. The most played poker is definitely exasT Hold em. All Nover the world people are playing Texas Hold em and there seems to be no end to the popularity of the game. Espe- cially playing Texas Hold em for free on the Internet has became extremely popular in the last years.

Who actually invented this great poker game? This was a game, played in the 15th century, that was played with the card deck as we know it Where did it originally come from? And how today. It was a that included bluffing and betting. did free Texas Hold em games end up on the internet? To answer these questions it is The French colonials brought this game to Canada and then to the United States in the early important to trace back the history of poker, to 17th century, but the game didn’t became a hit until the beginning of the 18th century in New find out where it all began. Orleans.

HISTORY OF POKER THEORIES During the American Civil War, soldiers played the game Pogue often to pass the time, all over the country. Different versions evolved from this firstPogue game and they were called ‘‘Stud’’ There are many different theories about how and ‘‘’’. The official name for the game turned into ‘‘Poker’’ in 1834 by a gambler named poker came into this world and there seems to Jonathan H. Green. be no real proof of a forerunner of the game. Most theories agree that the game must have Green learned how to play card games in prison and after his release he went to the Mississippi been created from several other games. River where most of those days gambling action took place. He became a professional and discovered the different versions of the Pogue game. Green loved this new game and One of the best known explanations for the since he couldn’t find a name in the dictionary for it, he decided to call it Poker. origin of Poker is the one that beliefs that Poker came from China around 900 A.D. The Chinese HISTORY OF TEXAS HOLD EM played this variant of poker not with cards (they weren’t invented yet), but with dominoes. The Nobody really knows were Texas Hold em exactly comes from. The legend goes that the very Chinese Emperor Mu Tsung introduced a game first location were the game Texas Hold em was ever played in the now played version was in called ‘‘domino cards’’ in 969 A.D. which is Robstown, Texas, in 1900. The World Series of made the Texas Hold em believed to be the oldest form of poker. game really famous. The WSOP has been organized since 1970 at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas, and ever since then the game Texas Hold em, which is played in that tournament, has been Another theory believes that poker was born in played by poker players all over the world. India, were the game supposedly comes from the Indian card game of Ganjifa. Ganjifa had INTERNET TEXAS HOLD EM 96 painted playing cards and they were used for several different betting games. A game from Thanks to modern technologies it is no longer necessary for people to travel to Las Vegas to get Germany called ‘‘Pochspiel’’ is also believed to a piece of all the Texas Hold em poker action. Nowadays gambling is possible from people’s be a forerunner of the poker game of today. The own living room, for free, in Internet . Playing in Internet casinos and rules and the name have some similarities with rooms is totally free. It’s not quite clear what was the first free website that started to feature the game. Texas Hold em games, since all the Texas Hold em entered the Internet around the same time as the start of the success of Internet casinos, in the nineties of the twentieth century. Chris Still most people believe that Poker originates Moneymaker, WSOP champion in 2003 and , winner of the WSOP 2004 main from France, from the French name Pogue. event were both qualified through free poker rooms on the Internet■

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