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It may seem like a simple game of cards and chance but poker is\none of the best-known and most-played games on the planet. With a dozen\ndifferent popular variations and even more behind closed doors, poker can take\non many different forms but maintains a simple structure and ruleset. It feels\nlike a game as old as chess or checkers but isn\u2019t as old as many people think.\nLet\u2019s take a look at some of the reasons why poker has survived the test of\ntime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exact origins of poker are still the subject of much\ndiscussion. The game in its modern form has its root very much planted in the\nUnited States. There were reports of early American settlers playing a 20-card\nversion of the game back in the 1820s. A draw was added to the rules prior to\n1850 and other variations and laws like the stud and straight followed as the\ngame spread across the United States during the American Civil War<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the origins of the game date back even further than the United\nStates of America. The game has similarities to a thousand-year-old Persian\ngame known as As-Nas which spread across Europe in the Medieval Period. Many\nEuropean countries and settlements picked up a similar game in the 16th and\n17th centuries with the Germans playing a variation called Pochen and the\nFrench playing Poque. It is believed that French colonists brought the game\nwith them to the modern United States and Poque became Poker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game\u2019s popularity continued to spread throughout the twentieth\ncentury. Tournaments began being played across America, surviving the\nProhibition era and the postwar years. But it wasn\u2019t until the digital age when\npoker truly exploded in popularity. Online poker has become a massive part of\nthe gambling industry with traditional\nbetting sites like Betway<\/a> launching their own online poker sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But why has poker become so popular? Well, as a game it is incredibly fun to play and interesting to watch. Poker\u2019s strength is its simplicity. A new player can be taught the rules in five minutes and all a group really needs to get a game going is a pack of cards and something to bet with. Then, once the game does begin, the entropy of a deck of cards means that no two hands will be the same. Poker has often been accused of a game of chance and while there is some element of luck involved, the best players will almost always come out on top. That is because poker is far more than a simple case of which player gets dealt the better cards. There is a deep psychological side to poker with regards to betting, bluffing and getting a read on your opponents. There is a remarkably high skill ceiling for poker with regards to psychology and decision making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Digital versions of poker can be both fantastic and fun.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And there is certainly a desire for people to get to know more.\nPoker has been a part of popular culture for a long time with appearances in\neverything from films and television to video games. There are ties to James\nBond and the casino as well as the Wild West and cowboys. In fact, according to Pokernews.com<\/a>, poker is expected to be one of the\nplayable side games in the upcoming Red\nDead Redemption II<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has only grown in recent years with the birth of poker as a spectator sport. The World Series of Poker is a hugely popular spectator league with fans getting to know the players in great detail. It is also a huge cash cow for networks like ESPN which own the rights to broadcast the league on television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This wouldn\u2019t be the case if poker wasn\u2019t as entertaining and nuanced as it is. The modern game in its most popular Texas Hold \u2018Em style is undoubtedly most closely associated with the United States. There the game has spread and enjoyed a remarkable surge in popularity in the last few decades. The internet has given poker a new impetus and it\u2019s not easy to see why. It\u2019s a game dating back over a thousand years but it\u2019s not going away anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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