The History Of Five Card Stud Poker
Poker has a long and indistinct history. Some hold that it
originated in Persia as it closely resembles a game called As
Nas and may have been brought to the United States via Persian
sailors in New Orleans. This game was played with 25 cards with
5 different suits. This game was played similarly to modern Five
Card Stud with many of the hand combinations such as three of a
kind. It seems likely that the name "Poker" descended from the
French poque, which originally came from the German pochen, 'to
knock'.
The game was reportedly played in New Orleans around the late
1820's, with a deck of 20 cards and players betting on the value
of their hands. The earliest known form of Poker was played with
a 20-card pack (A-K-Q-J-10) evenly dealt amongst four players.
There was no draw, and bets are made on a narrow range of
combinations: one pair, two pair, triplets, and 'full' - so
called because it is the only combination in which all five
cards are active - and four of a kind. Unlike classic Poker, in
which the top hand (royal flush) can be tied in another suit,
the original top hand consisting of four Aces, or four Kings and
an Ace, was absolutely unbeatable. The spread of the game after
this seems to have been facilitated by the practice of gambling
on Mississippi riverboats.
Soon after this the deck was expanded to the present day 52
cards and the flush was introduced. The additional cards were
introduced mostly to allow more players. The game was expanded
and developed further during the Civil War, with many of the
variants of the game being introduced then, including Five Card
Stud. Poker was initially played with only one round of betting
with all five cards dealt face down and no draw cards, very
similar to today's Five Card Stud game.
Professional gamblers later added variations and rule changes in
order to increase the profitability of the game. Wild cards and
bluffing became common occurrences and the draw was added around
1850, allowing yet another round of betting. Many of the
features of modern Poker, such as the draw and some versions of
different hands, as well as the straight and the flush
originated in the earlier forms of the British game Brag or
Bragg. Brag's modern form differs greatly from modern day poker,
however.
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