Although not known the real origin of poker, it is common ground that is quite old, and when it comes to age, we refer to centuries of practice. However, there are a number of facts that can prove the existence of the game at various points in history, even without the criteria currently used by the game or the rules that govern today.

According to reports written in literary works, the halls were places of great Western spread of games. These spaces would be held as poker games, in this case Five-Card Draw, which would play from the beginning of the twentieth century.

This method was even considered the ex-libris card games at the time. But going back further, since the 12th century a. C. it would play poker. This is borne out by numerous archaeological investigations in which evidence was found of objects that would resemble letters.

Persist in the sixteenth century marks indicate that the Indians have occupied part of his free time with poker, at least according to some writings, where it is reported Ganjifa a game called, in which 96 cards were used.

Also in the seventeenth century the Persians would play the As Nas, a game in which 25 cards were used in five different suits. Of all the roots from which may come from poker, one thing is certain: the game is known as today is a direct variant of the French Cause.

This method was perfected by the French, which were based on two German games dating from the early sixteenth century, and the Pochspiel Pochen Bluff. Later, particularly in the eighteenth century, the British also acceded least to card games, and these people entered the Faro and brag on their land that inspired the two modalities.

Draw and Stud, mass market games by American troops during the Civil War the country where they have born some of the rules still used today and, therefore, keeping the names of these two games, which remained until today. In all these cases it is not possible to assess the true nature of the games and for this reason, the identification of a specific date for the beginning of poker is a task that can never be held with complete certainty. So, instead of joining his birth to one year practice, the more accurate is to express the different times on record that they would practice something like the game that now belongs to millions of people from all over the world.