Article: The History Of Caribbean Stud Poker
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The History Of Caribbean Stud Poker
Caribbean Stud Poker is a variant of poker, a card game with a long and mysterious history. The word ?poker? has a tangled history all of its own; it comes from the French word ?poque?, which itself is a variant on the German word ?pochen?, which simply means ?to knock?.
Nobody really knows how or where poker began; some say that its origins lie in a 16th century Persian card game, whilst others believe that it originated in Europe at the turn of the 19th century. One thing we can be sure of is that poker was brought to North America by French explorers, and that it was originally played in Louisiana. Many accounts name New Orleans of 1830 as the place and time where modern-day poker was first played. After being initially established, the game quickly spread from Louisiana ...
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