Tournament Poker Rules

Monday, September 14th, 2009
Among the first known card games to use batting and ranking began in Germany around the 15th century and was called Pochspiel. Evidence also exists that there was a game called "Poque," played in France. It may be that these earlier games influenced poker's development. Today, it's played worldwide. In 1970, it became popular to play the modern poker tournament, especially in American casinos, after the advent of the World Series of Poker. With tournament play came a new set of standard rules that were universal and would determine how the game was played. Having explained the game's history, let us talk about the rules of tournament play. Poker… Read More