For the regular online poker player some of these facts might be totally unknown but in order to play better we must be aware of most details, even the smallest ones. Put your poker general knowledge to the test with the following questions, if you don’t know you can check the right answer later in this same article.
Do you have any idea where the card games started being played?
Each of the four suits: Spades, Diamonds, Clubs and Hearts represent something, what is that?
Playing cards was introduced in Europe in what year?
Which poker legend is remembered at the tables every time a 10-2 is dealt and why?
Where did Richard Nixon get the money to finance his campaign for the Congress of the United States in 1946?
In the 1300’s, games including cards were introduced in Europe but they were invented in China. France exerted influence on the game and due to this country the Spades represent the Royalty, Diamonds symbolize Merchants, the Clubs are assigned to the Peasants and finally the Hearts go for the Clergy.
Every time a 10-2 is dealt at a poker table the players remember Mister Doyle Brunson because he won back to back the World Series Of Poker with that hand.
Richard Nixon was a good poker player back in the World War II and made over $6000 during his first months in the U.S. Navy. Comparing the sum with today’s dollars that would be roughly over $40.000 and He used his winnings to finance the campaign he finally won for the Congress of the United States.
