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Poker: The same old game

Poker: The same old game The history of poker is not like the history of the computers when you can exactly say who, how and when. You’ll rack your brain before you understand how it all began. At first is seems very easy... but only at first.
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Poker: The Evolution

Poker: The Evolution Maybe Binion had thought then that it was a very good idea, a very, very good idea. He remembered the public excitement, which he could see during all these 5 months. And after 20 years he decided to recreate it…
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The Horseshoe Forever After

The Horseshoe Forever After It was expected to be profitable. And it was. That’s why in 1988 the Horseshoe bought the Mint. And everything was perfect until in 1998 Becky bought the Horseshoe for $20 million.
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Playing Cards History.

Playing Cards History. “Well, folks… Guess, what I’ve found?” And with these words he began to manufacture cards using only his recollections of the cards he once saw.
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Suits Evolution

Suits Evolution Finally, in about 1480, the four shapes we are now familiar with were introduced by the French. The reason why these shapes took hold – and are still used today – is that their simple designs could be stenciled instead of drawn. The process of stenciling is fast and easy. Using the four simpler suits then became much cheaper than drawing the much more complicated designs such as Acorns and Roses, which then required using woodcuts to reproduce.
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Poker Hall of Fame

Poker Hall of Fame It’s like Star Boulevard for Hollywood big-timers… Only the best poker players of all times are added to Binion’s Hall of Fame.
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Poker Machines History

Poker Machines History "Who hasn’t dropped a nickel in the slot of these seductive little machines found in almost any place where men most do congregate?" a Brooklyn newspaper headline asked in 1896.
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Bicycle Playing Cards History

Bicycle Playing Cards History Bicycle Playing Cards… These are the most popular cards not only in USA but also all over the world. For more than 100 years they have been a trendsetter in the world of cards.
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Poker Player Evolution

Poker Player Evolution Poker in USA has almost two centuries of history. During this time poker players went through the evolution from homo sagittarius (or shooting man) to homo immobilis (or not-moving man).
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WSOP Bracelets Holders

WSOP Bracelets Holders The list of the WSOP bracelets holders
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Online Poker History

Online Poker History During the first seven days, God created the Heavens and the Earth. Not a lot happened after that. Sure there were wars, more then a few questionable fashion decisions, and a handful of unusually short people who tried to take over Europe. In the grand scheme of things though, this stuff was small potatoes. Then the Internet was invented and everything changed.
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The History of Playing Cards: Who Are These Kings?

The History of Playing Cards: Who Are These Kings? Does this king represent anyone in particular? If so why would they put his face on a card? If you ask these questions during a hand of hold’em, you will probably be told to shut up and given some creative suggestions on where you can stick your face cards.
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Poker In the Old West: New Orleans

Poker In the Old West: New Orleans The origin of poker in America goes back to New Orleans. This is where the game was originally popular. The game traveled to the Big Easy with French settlers who acquired a taste for the game back in Europe.
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Myths of Vegas

Myths of Vegas In a town where Wayne Newton is the inspirational leader and a hole in the dessert can either contain a prairie dog or Bugsy Siegel, you have got to know that the city is ripe with myth and legend...
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Famous Cheaters: Ken Uston

Famous Cheaters: Ken Uston In 1976 gambling was legalized in Atlantic City, and this is where Ken now decided to call home. He won millions of dollars in this gambling Mecca of the eastern seaboard. Eventually though, he was banned here as well. As Uston’s fame grew, so did the number of casinos that would not let him in the doors.
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Tales of Vegas

Tales of Vegas At Mandalay Bay there is a towering statue of Vladimir Lenin standing in front of “Red Square”, the casino’s vodka-and-caviar lounge-restaurant. The odd thing about the statue though is that the head is missing. The head was originally lost after it was removed by the casino, amid complaints that it honored the king of communism.
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Famous Cheaters: Richard Marcus

Famous Cheaters: Richard Marcus He started humbly enough, for a while he supported himself exclusively by gambling. In those days he played things straight, but eventually went bust and found himself living under a bridge with the rest of the homeless folk.
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Historic Card Games: Faro

Historic Card Games: Faro Anyone who has studied the game of poker has run across the term Faro. Though this game is not a direct relative of poker, it was played alongside it in the saloons of the old west. Much like modern myth has Neanderthal developing alongside Homo Sapiens, then going extinct, Faro existed with poker, then was driven from popularity by America’s favorite card game.
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Gambling History: The Gold Rush

Gambling History: The Gold Rush Law was scarce in this area, and the idea that an “armed society is a polite society” was pushed to its limits. Drunken miners would have gunfights with cowboys and shoot up the saloons that many of them called home. Winning a hand of poker could be death sentence, depending on the temperament and blood alcohol level of the person who just lost the pot.
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Famous Cheaters: Dominic Loriggio

Famous Cheaters: Dominic Loriggio Vegas hates a cheater. The problem with the casino industry though is their definition of cheater is about as broad as the patriot acts definition of terrorist.
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