Poker Games is estimated to have aged more than 10 centuries, and has undergone a long evolutionary process from the initial shape is a blend of Asian betting game by game from Persia, known as hot as up to become a modern poker as we often see. This game basically has the same basic game system with games of dominoes, and have much in common with the Primero (or Primera), a popular European game in the 16th century and 17 in particular in Spain, very similar to games such as brag in England, pochen in Germany, and poque in France, appeared in the 18th century. Allegedly the name poker come from the tongue of North America in calling the game Poque brought by French traders who trade to North America in about 1700. Some opinions are also there who believe that the game of poker originated from China, when in some years 969SM known that the sultan Mu Tsung on New Year's Eve with his wife played a card game which is similar to the game how to play poker. From other sources also said that in Egypt in the 12th century & 13 there are people who have played a similar card game similar to poker. Jonathan H. Green is one person who first makes a written reference about a poker game in his writings he mentions the rule of "The Cheating Game" being played on Mississippi riverboats. And The Cheating Game soon became a popular game in the arena to replace Card Sharp gambling. Gambling enthusiasts prefer The Cheating Game because it is considered more challenging and more honest than the Card Sharp. Green immortalize his name as the official name of the game and documenting of The Cheating Game in his book 'An Exposure of the Arts and tribulations of Gambling': Poker was born.
In just two centuries, poker began to attract attention. In starting from a simple game on the banks of the Mississippi for about the 1800s, the popularity of the game is spread widely and has been growing rapidly in the United States in the 20th century, in about 1931, because in those days the life of its people have a lot of free time and gambling is which is legal in Nevada at the time.
The soldiers were playing poker in your spare time during World War II (1939 - 1945), and poker became popular as a 'home game'. In 1970, Binion's Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, began to organize the World Series of Poker (WSOP) yearly. Starting from only five players in the beginning, the tournament has expanded to become one of the largest and richest events in the world. The cost to enter the arena WSOP is $ 10,000, but many players who can avoid such payments by way of winning other tournaments in a smaller scale called "satellite" in lieu of admission.
So at a glance the history of poker game and eventually the game of poker has now become one of the many games played throughout the world.
