Orgin of Poker ...

[maria00]

Many have doubts and debate over this issue - Origin of Poker. Many people says that China is the origin country of Poker, many says America and many says India.

But till date there is no clear idea about this. What do you think guys ? In which country poker originated ?

[mrkromer]

The word "poker" comes from French origins, but the game probably started in China.

mike

[esaunders2009]

they say it's of the American - French origin

[Offsuit27]

Actually, the exact origins of poker are unclear. It seems to have originated from a 16th century Persian card game known as As Nas.

[pokerrocker]

True, the origins of poker has a lot of story and even today no one will ever defend the true origin of poker. But some says that it was from China, some says it from Egypt. But whatever history there is, good thing poker was invented.

The actual beginning of card games, as we know them today, was first recorded by a Swiss Monk named John of Rheinfelden. John recorded a card game played in 1377 with a deck of 52 cards. The cards ranged from 1 to 10 in value. This seems to be the best evidence that 1377 is the first year that history documented a card game being played with a 52 deck of cards.