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Saturday, September 01, 2007

The Cool History of Poker
You love poker and you play as often as you can, but did you ever wonder where the game came from?

There's no definitive answer, although most historians point towards Persia (modern day Iraq) as the birthplace of this game that continues much as it started. The Persian card game, "As Nas" or just "Nas", that was very popular around the 1500's seems to be where modern poker was born. The difference was that Nas was played with twenty-five cards of five suits each. The game of Nas had many of the same nuances of the poker game Five Card Stud. There is also a similar game that was played with colored pebbles in China around 900 A.D. but most scholars subscribe to poker beginning with Nas as it was played with cards.

Poker made it's entrance onto U.S. soil in New Orleans with a game called "poque" which was later mispronounced a "poker". The game of poque is nearly identicle to the game of five card draw. As people traveled, they took their favorite card game with them and as with all games, there were things added, games added and of course, people learned to be dishonest with it.

Texas Hold 'Em is one of the most popular versions of poker being played in present day and if you aren't already having a regular game at your house, you need very little do so. Just a good poker table, or table top cover, cards and chips and you're ready to roll!

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

It Beats Just Waiting

If you are part of a weekly or monthly poker group there may be a time that you have more players than necessary for a game of poker but not enough to warrant another table. Normally you would set up some type of a rotation plan to be sure everyone gets to play. However, this can be a little boring for the people that are waiting to play so you may want to consider including some side games for them to help pass the time.

Perhaps they could take an extra deck of cards and play a few hands of blackjack. If you have a dartboard maybe you could set up a game where two players compete for a seat at the poker table. Then after a designated amount of time, the player that is in last place at the table would give their seat up to the winner of the darts contest.

It might also be fun to set up an area where the extra players can play craps; again maybe the winner would get a seat at the poker table. Alternatively, you might want to get a nice Backgammon Set, to help fight the boredom and quite possibly use the winner to gain entry to the poker table, or use the doubling cube to determine the next player. There are many ways to help keep everyone entertained while waiting for their turn at the poker table. It also helps them enjoy their natural competitiveness along the way.

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