Poker history traces several pedigrees and there is no real clue about its origin. The game was feverishly played on the riverboats cruising the mighty Mississippi in the 1800s. Today poker is played online and offline with big stakes to boot. Reports have it that the history of poker is traced to the Persian game of nas. Accordingly, the Persian version resembled the rules of the modern poker.
Persia, once a superpower had great ships. The country traded with far-oft countries, and one of those was France. Persian sailors introduced the card game to the French and the French developed a liking for it. Soon the game acquired the influence of the French connection
What is in a Name?
There are fascinating versions how the name poker evolved. Poker history points to France as the source of the name from the French poque. In Germany, in the 16th century, the Germans had an interesting bluffing game they called pochen. In England, there was the game of brag, also a bluffing game. All these may have directly or indirectly influenced the modern poker.
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