What is "poker"?

What is "poker"?

Frank Scoblete (Casino Gambling Expert & Bestselling Author) gives expert video advice on: What is "poker"?; What are the basic poker hands from weakest to strongest?; What is the basic order of game play in poker? and more...

Poker is the All-American game. You could go all the way back to the frontier days of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, and they were playing poker. Poker's been played in saloons. Poker's played, perhaps, on your kitchen table. Poker is a game where people compete against each other using cards to make decisions. There are various types of poker games too. There's 7 card stud, which at one time was the most popular poker game in the country. There's 5 card draw poker, where you get 5 cards and you decide if you want to get rid of a couple, 3, 4 and take new cards. And then there is now, the most popular poker game in all the country, and perhaps even overseas, Texas Hold 'Em. And most of the poker tournaments you see now are Texas Hold 'Em poker tournaments. And indeed, of all the poker games, that's my favorite.