Texas Holdem Poker

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Texas Hold em poker has become the most popular game in the United States of America and Europe (UK included), so success of the game online hardly comes as a surprise to any one. Hold em is a community card game much like omaha and 7 card stud.

Hold em history

The history of texas hold em dates back to early 1900s, though only little is know about the actual invention of the game. Robstown, Texas, is officially said to be the birthplace of the game.
Only in the late 60s the game was introduced to Las Vegas by veterans of gambling, such as Crandell Addington, Doyle Brunson, and Amarillo Slim.
The difference between normal poker played at that time and hold em (at first the games was called simply hold'em) was that you only bet twice in normal draw but you bet 4 times in hold em, that meant you could use more time to strategically outplay other players.

At first holdem was played only in Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas. The popularity of Hold Em started gaining real volume in 80's, after it has been played for a decade in Las Vegas and after several WSOP tournaments. At the same time hold em was introduced to European audience.

Doyle Brunson conrtibuted to the success of the game by publishing poker strategy guide in 1978 which definitely revolutionized the way poker was played.

The Big Bang

The explosive popularity of Texas Hold Em Poker    owns its success to various factors. Movies such as Rounders, starring Edward Norton and Matt Damon featured hold em as the main game played throughout the movie. In Casino Royale hold em was once again introduced.

Though hold em tournaments have been televised since 70s, it was the invention of hidden cameras on the table that brought the interest of the viewers allowing them to see the cards players had.
Chris Moneymakers victory in 2003 WSOP fueled already huge popularity even more, creating romantic view of the game and truly showing that even a novice can become the champion when played right.

Nowdays texas hold em is very well known game, and the ease of learning the game online, attracts more and more people to it every day.

More information about Texas Hold 'em Poker can be find at Wiki.