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The history of poker and mahjong
/kloc-The first poker game in early 0/600: The card game that appeared in Gilet, France and Primero, Italy has the elements of poker now: betting on each hand, such as pairs, irons and three aces.

The evolution of 1600- 1790: The game was developed in Prague, England, Bochen, Germany and Polk, France. There are threats in the game. In Germany and France, the name of this game is quite close to "Poker". In the German version of the game, players will knock on the desktop and say "Ich Poche!" When they think of cards or flop. As a hint. Although the school claims that the word Poker comes from the Indian word pukka, there is a game called pukka sahibs in India.

1790- 1830 Poque: among French-speaking New Orleans, sailors from Persia taught French immigrants to play Dubo, a card game that evolved from ancient Persian games. Although the game is 5 sets of ***25 cards for 4 people to play. Immigrants learn and improve it into a new Poque game, which is called "I poque (French pronunciation is divided into two po-ques) 1 yuan" or "I poque you 2 yuan". The game first developed into "Poqas", then gradually evolved into "Pokah" and finally "Poker".

We can ignore the origin of the name Tue, just as it also comes from "poke", a word used to describe pickpockets, or "ecstasy party", which is also used by magicians.

1829- New Orleans: This involves the story of Joseph Crowe, an actor from Daily English, playing cards on the Helen McGregor. Each player deals five cards and five bets, and then whoever has the largest combination wins all DU bets. He said it was invented by politician henry clay, and he was proud of it. The ship sailed along the Mississippi River to the Ohio River, during which the card game continued. Starting from the small town by the river, play card games on the caravan from east to west along the new railway. There is only one round of betting in the card game. A round in which players are dealt five cards but not drawn.

1834- Cheating Game: Jonathan H. Green, a professional disciple of Du, became a reformer in 1834 and wrote the earliest book about poker. He called the title "Cheating Game", and later he called the game "Boat Poker on the Mississippi River".

The game consists of 20 cards, using only A, K, Q, J and 10. It is played by two or four players, and each player has five cards. The best hand wins, and the popularity is far more than three cards, Monte. Twenty cards are more reasonable and legal than three Monte cards in the eyes of the deceived.

1837- Flush: Flush and straight are added when playing 52 cards, which can accommodate more than four players to play at the same time.

1848- Gold Rush: Thousands of gold diggers traveled long distances to the west and brought games to the local area.

1850- Wild Card: Poker was reformed after it was introduced.

186 1- stud and draw cards: The dramatic American Civil War has caused a sharp increase in the poker population, and there are thousands of soldiers playing poker in both northern and southern military camps. The American Civil War had a profound impact on learning and drawing cards. After the war, poker became the most popular card game in America. Two or more people can play a deck of cards. The number of rounds that can be bet and skill elements have been added in the game. Frightening has become the most important part of the game.

1872- making rules: when U.S. secretary of state Robert C. Schenck went to Britain, poker also returned to Europe. Schenk introduced poker to Queen Victoria and the guests at the royal banquet. Schenk wrote an article about the rules of poker at the request of the Queen, and recorded it in the Notes of the Duchess of England, becoming the first book to explain the rules. The queen printed it and distributed it to her friends.

1870- Poker jackpot: The jackpot seems to prevent players from participating in dangerous gambling when some bad cards are waiting to be drawn. Clown became a wild card on 1875.

1880- Invention of Texas Hold 'em: To sum up all kinds of poker games, Texas Hold 'em is the most successful one and the best choice for Du Haoren, and it also introduces the concept of public poker.

1896-Poker Chips: The first game magazine was published.

1903- Pot score: high/low and minimum hand.

1909- legislation against idiots: two Missouri senators (Coran and Lyles) submitted a bill to the state legislature to regulate poker players to prevent "stupid players from losing millions of dollars every quarter without knowing the value of each hand".

19 1 1-The explosive growth of card-drawing games:1911year, California lawyer Harold Sigel Webb listed dark cards as technical dubo games. But the winning number (Stud) is just a game of chance and ideas, so it is listed as illegal. This led to the development of new lottery games and wild cards.

1925- Gong * * * Brand: Texas Hold 'em and Omaha are extended in this situation, and the embryonic form of the game is gradually emerging.

1930- Poker Language. The ubiquitous poker game reflects that a certain number of poker phrases appear every day, and they also come from non-players. Ace, beating blue chips, bluffing, cashing, shirking responsibility, poker face, folding up and raising the stakes, these phrases are generated every day when chips fluctuate and wild cards reverse.

1938- British ban: * * It is officially declared that poker is a game of chance, and it was illegal in clubs before 1960. In the meantime, poker continued to play in private games and survived under another name "Scared". 1960, which is legal in the club, draws service fees, but does not draw commissions. Poker games will also be provided in the DU venue later.

1965- Cincinnati children: Poker has traveled all over the world because of a Hollywood movie, introducing poker to people who have never met before, bringing them pleasure and excitement.

1970- World Series of Poker (WSOP): The first game was held in Binions Horseshoe, Las Vegas. This game was played by Texas Hold 'em, and now it has become the dominant game. The winner will become the global poker champion. It is worth noting that nine of the champions in the previous twelve years are Americans, and four of them are Texans.

1978- Super System:: "Super/System: A Course of Poker Power", written by doyle brunson, combined with the experience of top digital professional players, brought about a * * reform in poker learning.

2000-TV broadcast and Internet: Regular tournament TV broadcast (the audience can watch the players' cards through the glass holes on the table) and online poker room bring poker from Du Ting and the card room to people's homes.

2003-World Poker Tour: A TV series, which combines Du Poker with TV and watches players' cards with a micro lens. In 2004, the prize money in the lottery pool broke a record of 8 million.

2004-Speed Poker Tournament: The speed of online poker makes the poker room seem very slow. The first World Speed Poker Championship was held in Tallinn, Estonia, and the players only had 15 seconds to think.