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Poker has become one of the world's most popular games, and has been seen to rival the old and popular of games of the previous years. No longer do people play the old ordinary games, now poker is around you and even if you wanted to run from this new craze, there is no getting around it. Whether it is the in the poker parlors, the casinos , the arenas, there is no getting away from the popularity of poker. However, the question must be asked, why is it that it is poker and not another game that has caught the world by storm?

First, a few words about the history of the game might be in order. The history of poker is in some debate. It is generally thought that the name of poker comes from the French Poque, or the German Pochen, but it bears little resemblance to these games. Poker resembles an ancient Persian game, which may have been taught to the French settlers in New Orleans by sailors. It has been reported that there were games of poker as early as 1829 on riverboats all along the Mississippi. It was from these riverboats that poker spread through out the United States.