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    Where was the card game poker invented?

    Question #1040. Asked by philipp. (Apr 09 00 8:07 AM)


    barbs42

    		New Orleans. Different sources say different places but I think most say New Orleans.

    http://www.neo-tech.com/poker/appendixa.html

    Apr 09 00, 9:38 AM
    craoc

    		How did Poker get to America? By the rivers and railroads, mainly. The French who settled New Orleans learned the game of As Nas from Persian sailors going up the Mississippi. As Nas, played by Frenchmen, became associated with their French game of "Poque," a card game involving bluffing and betting. Poker also bears some resemblance to the old 3-card games of Brag in England and Pochen in Germany. Pochen means "to bluff."

    Jan 03 07, 7:02 PM

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