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| I was told that it came from a version of an underworld slang word, "poke," a term used by pickpockets. Cardsharps who used the 20-card cheating game to relieve a sucker from his poke may have used that word among themselves, adding an r to make it "poker." The thought was that if the sharps used the word "poker" in front of their victims, those wise to the underworld slang would not surmise the change.
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| That's an interesting bit of trivia. I confess I really don't know anything about the history of poker.
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MilesT (2/3/2008)
That's an interesting bit of trivia. I confess I really don't know anything about the history of poker.Same here, my knowledge is only limited to how to play the game, thats all. But this is an interesting bit of information. Never thought of poker through this point of view. Wondering if anyone here can clarify this for us?
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| I think we all might end up being puzzled here. I looked it up and could not find anything firm on the answer. I would really love to know the answer though thats for sure! This is what Wiki says: The history of poker is a matter of debate. The name of the game likely descended from the Irish Poca (Pron. Pokah) ('Pocket') or even the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ('to brag as a bluff' lit. 'to knock' [1] ). Yet it is not clear whether the origins of poker itself lie with the games bearing those names.
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