Introduction

Poker is a card game played in various forms globally. It’s played with a standard deck of 52 cards, and it not only involves an immense amount of strategy but a bit of luck. It’s a card game trendy in North America, where it originated and played in homes, land-based casinos, online casinos, and clubs. To date, it remains among the world’s favourite card games, and many people make a career out of playing this game. It’s all about calling or matching a bet, raising it, or folding.

Intriguing Facts about Poker.

There are some interesting facts about Poker, not solely based on gameplay.

• The first poker chips got made from ivory clay, bone, and wood. This currency became necessary as poker players used to place bets using gold nuggets and bars, making it difficult to assign values to the stakes.

• The first real money online poker game played was in Jan 1993 at Planet Poker, and it was the start of a multi-billion-dollar industry.

• Former US President Richard Nixon funded his first political campaign with money that he won playing Poker. Rumour has it he was an exceptional Poker player.

• The first-ever televised Poker game was in 1973. CBS Sport televised the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

• Chinese Poker players believe wearing red during a tournament increases their chances of winning.

• Superstitions are prominent amongst gamblers, and many poker players play in dirty clothes, saying it rids them of bad luck.

• A Poker player named Andrei Karpov used his wife as a stake. He lost the final round, and his wife left him for the winner.

• Dead Man’s Hand is when a poker player is holding 2 Aces and two eights, and it’s the same hand a well-known poker player Wild Bill Hickok was holding when shot dead.