Have you ever wondered where the Poker game really came from? Was it invented before other popular casino games such as: Blackjack or Backgammon? When did the online Poker land? How did the poker evolved over more than then centuries?

Well, there is no doubt that history of poker was pointed to the fact that throughout the years thought to have been developed from various games which included basic principals of ranked cards of domino combinations and the use of “bluffing” to deceive opponents.

However, one popular belief is that a game similar to poker was first  invented by the Chinese sometime before 969 A.D, when the emperor Mu-Tsung was reported to have played” domino cards”  with his wife on new years eve.

Furthermore, Egyptians in the 12th 713th centuries were known to have used a form of playing cards, and later in the 16th century  Persia had their own game called “Granjifa”, that were used for betting games. A Ganjifa deck consisted of 96 cards, often made of paper thin slices of ivory of precious wood. As you can see, the evolution of poker enhanced its existence and popularity; therefore today there are so many online poker and regular players at all levels, playing either in an online casino or a land based one.