The huge popularity of this favorite card game called poker has given rise to a number of websites. They offer poker tournaments as well as regular play for the visitors and even free play for the beginners.
The history of poker shows that the founder of this card game was Jonathan X. Green. This game was a combination of many other games in that period. It is believed that the rules of cross game' was basically used in this game and was played in the banks of Mississippi river and on the boats.
The olden game used only 20 cards initially and only two to four people played the game. Each of the players played with 5 cards. There were two other card games existing then, which were Three-Card Monte and the "cross game'. As time passed, poker which was initially played using about 20 cards was considered to be legal by the card sharpeners. This increased the followers of this game and poker came to be a renowned card game.
There are also facts that say that word poker' has its roots from a French game which was played in the 18th century. This game was called poque. Another opinion tells that it was derived from the German game which is called Pochspiel. Some others are of the opinion that it takes its origin from the Hindu game called Pukka.
There is also another version about the history of poker that it is a slang used by the criminals. It was supposed to be used by the cheaters or criminals when they robbed others wallets.
In conclusion, this game with a long history is accepted now world -wide and has millions of followers. It is also played online and now they use 32 cards to play this game which was started with only 5 cards.