who created texas hold'em?

Question

poker

Answer 1

"No one knows exactly where or when Texas Hold'em actually started," said Carl Baldassarre, who co-wrote "The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Texas Hold'em" and "The Ultimate Guide to Poker Tells" with Randy Burgess.

"Most poker history points to the earliest related card games coming to the United States from Europe via New Orleans in the early 1800s," said Baldassarre.

He added that the 52-card deck and early versions of poker became common around the Civil War and five-card stud and five-card draw were invented around the turn of the century.

"The best guess is that this is also when some form of Hold'em made its appearance, probably in Texas," said Baldassarre, 49, of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. "Legends like Doyle Brunson, 'Amarillo Slim' Preston and Johnny Moss were playing No Limit Hold'em by the 1940s in underground games in Texas and Oklahoma. These savvy professional gamblers loved the game because it combined a simple structure with complicated strategy and was ideal for no-limit play."

It wasn't until the mid-1960s that Hold'em was regularly played in Las Vegas. At the time, Baldassarre said, the game was illegal in California card rooms, where draw was still played until the 1980s. It didn't become the dominant form of poker until the 1990s, he said.

"The real explosion has been due to Native American casinos," said Baldassarre. "Suddenly millions more people have a poker room close to where they live or work."

Technology played a part as well, he said. Internet poker took off in the late 1990s, making gambling even more accessible. Plus, advances like cameras and microchips made the increasingly televised poker games much more exciting to watch.

"The cameras allowed viewers to play along, and see great bluffs and brilliant traps as they occurred," said Baldassarre. "Suddenly, Hold'em tournament winners were celebrities and everyone wanted to play."

Popular poker television shows include "the World Series of Poker," "Celebrity Poker Showdown," "Ultimate Poker Challenge" and Schrader's favorite, "Poker After Dark."

Answer 2

Texas hold 'em (also hold'em, holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. It is also the most popular poker variant played in most casinos in the United States.[1] [2] Its no-limit betting form is used in the main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the World Poker Tour. Although it can theoretically be played by up to 22 players (or 23 if burn cards are not used), it is generally played with between 2 and 10 people. It is one of the most positional of all poker variants, since the order of betting is fixed throughout all betting rounds. Hold 'em is commonly played outside of the United States, but seven-card stud, Omaha hold 'em and other games may be more popular than Texas hold 'em in some places.

Answer 3

Bill Burton

Answer 4

Bill Burton

Answer 5

Mr T from the A-Team. He welded it together out of scrap metal.

Answer 6

walker the texas ranger

Answer 7

i'm not sure,all i know is that my friend is hooked with that game!