Fun Poker Facts - Little
known facts about the game of
poker
So, you play poker... whether
you are good or bad, win or
lose, I am sure you do not know
all of the following fun facts.
These facts are pretty
interesting to know for any
type of player.
Playing cards were invented in
China.
At least 65,000,000 Americans
regularly
A fifth suit was added in
1937 but never caught on
because people had to buy all
new decks
At least 65,000,000 Americans
regularly play poker
Dead mans hand is Aces and
Eights
Getting dealt 10,2 is
referred to as
Doyle Brunson because he
won back to back World Series
with the hand.
In the 1800s, 2,000 to 2,500
riverboat gamblers played poker
on American Waterways. By
contemporary accounts, no more
than four of these poker
players were honest all the
time. A straight beat a flush
at this time.
Las Vegas Casinos are not
legally obligated to pay off
their gambling debts
Due to French influence,
Spades represent Royalty,
Diamonds represent Merchants,
Clubs represent the peasants,
and hearts represent the
clergy.
Edmond Hoyle lived to be 97,
but died 150 years before Poker
was invented.
Playing cards were introduced
in Europe in the 1300s
When Columbus landed in 1492
in North America, his men
plucked wide leaves from trees,
drew pictures on them and
played cards.
Historians generally agree
that Bill Hickock was a lousy
poker player.
Groucho Marx got his name
from carrying his poker money
in a "grouch bag"
Former President Richard
Nixon won $6,000
playing poker in his first
two months in the U.S. Navy
during WWll. That is roughly
equal to $42,640 in 2004
dollars. He used that money as
well as more poker winnings to
finance his run for the U.S.
Congress in 1946, which he won.
The earliest known game of
texas holdem was played in
Robstown, Texas, in the early
1900s. The game was brought to
Las Vegas by a group of Texan
gamblers and card players,
including Doyle "Texas Dolly"
Brunson, Crandell Addington,
and Amarillo Slim.
This article was written by
Michael Gersitz, an online
poker player who owns the site
Poker101.net! Visit his site
for more poker articles.
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