In case you are wondering when and where did the game of poker start, you can find the answer in this article. Even if there isn’t a certain answer to these two questions, the game of poker star seems that has evolved from other games that were similar to this one and were played in China more than one thousand years ago. Also the Egyptians and the Persians used to have a similar card game that involved ranking of the cards and the bluff technique which was used to deceive the opponents.
The pack of cards that the Persians used to play the game was called Ganjifa and it had 96 cards, while the Persians used a deck of only 25 cards and their game which was similar to poker was called „As Nas”.

After that these games have evolved in Spain, where the game was called back in 1526 „Primero” and the next version of the game was created by the French and called „Poque”. The next step in the evolution of the game of poker was the german version: „Pochen”. All these games involved the bluffing technique, where you have to raise your bets even if you have a poor hand. The French version of poker was taken to the New World (America) by the French PokerStar colonists and there the first game of poker was played in New Orleans by the French colonists back in 1829.

After that the game started to spread all over the United States. Some of the gamblers that were using a lot this game for their gambling activities in those days were the staff of the Mississippi riverboats. Back then the first deck had 20 cards which consisted of 4 suits. Each of those suits had the King, Queen, Jack, 10 and Ace as the highest ranking cards. The next step in the evolution of the game of poker was made during the Gold Rush. That is the time when the 52 cards deck was introduced. Some people are saying that more cards were introduced so that more people will be able to play in the same time.

One of the times when poker managed to become more and more popular in America was during the Civil War from 1861-1865. Back then the soldiers were playing the Draw Poker and the Stud poker variations. And the Joker became the wild card during the year 1875.

Right now thanks to the televised live poker tournaments like World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker, this game has gain an immense amount of popularity. These tournaments have millions of viewers from all over the world and the prizes offered are incredibly large.