Poker has been around since the 1800s when the riverboats went up and down the Mississippi River with the gamblers fleecing the rubes. It exploded during the dismal days of the Civil War when men on both sides of the conflict would pass the time between the horrors of armed combat with a card game.… Read more »
With the number of people that have been flooding back to the online world due to the shutdown of live poker, there are some old arguments that have come to the fore once again. There’s plenty of people talking about how “online poker is rigged” or that there is a “doom switch” for those who… Read more »
The world of poker is one that has been in a state of flux for some time. In its early days on the Mississippi riverboats where the game was arguably born, the 20-card pack (Aces through tens of the four suits) dictated that the game of poker was a four-player game. As the U. S.… Read more »
