Texas Hold’em
The birth of Texas Hold’em is officially credited to Robstown, Texas and dates back to the early 1900s.
With four betting rounds and the majority of the cards face up on the
table, Hold'em was much more “player friendly” than the other poker
variations popular at that time. Thanks to the community cards removing
the need to "count cards," the game was also much more friendly to the beginner player.
The legendary Texas road gamblers, including Crandell Addington, Roscoe
Weiser, Doyle Brunson and Amarillo Slim introduced Hold’em to Vegas in
1967, with the first World Series of Poker being held in 1970.
The game still remained somewhat of a “backroom” game, flying below the
radar of the average person, until Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 WSOP
Main Event - turning his $40 online satellite buy-in into $2.5 million
on national TV.
Thanks to Moneymaker and online poker, Hold’em blew up and has now become the most widely played game in the world.
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