There are many theories about the history of poker , although no theory has been conclusively proven. One theory is that poker developed out of the German card game pochspiel. Like poker, pochspiel includes betting, hand rankings and bluffing. However, poker is also very similar to the Persian game as nas, and R.F. Foster wrote that “the game of poker, as first played in the US… is undoubtedly the Persian game of as nas”. There was also a French casino holdem game called poque;like this game and pochspiel, the name poker is derived from the German word pochen, which means to brag and bluff. Another view is that poker developed earlier than these games, and originated in the Mississippi River Delta before 1800, and spread to the West through miners who headed to California during the 19th century gold rush. Early forms of poker differed significantly from the modern version played now, with 20-card versions, 52-card versions, straight and stud poker all being popular at one time or another. However, poker as we know it was popularized after the 1970′s.
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