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Fun Facts About Poker
Fun Facts About Poker
Did you know that...
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...playing cards were invented in China.
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...a fifth suit was added in 1937 but never caught on because people had to buy all new decks.
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... there are 2,598,960 possible poker hands with 52 cards.
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...70 million decks of cards are sold in America each year.
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... poker is now the third-most-watched televised sport on cable TV, trailing only auto racing and football.
´ ... the four suits—hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs—originated in France in 1480. Spades represent nobility, diamonds represent merchants, clubs represent peasants and hearts the clergy.
´ ... each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades – represent King David; hearts – Charlemagne; clubs –Alexander the Great; diamonds - Julius Caesar.
´ ... poker initially was played with one round of betting.
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