Poker

Texas Hold’em is without a doubt the most popular form of poker played in the United States, today. The World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour, and countless poker tournaments across the country every day use Texas Hold’em to decide their ultimate champion. Doyle Brunson, aka ???Texas Dolly,??� calls it the “Cadillac of poker,” and for good reason, given that so many professional poker players use Texas Hold’em as their primary mode of income.

Evolution of Texas Hold’em
There exists no exact information on where Texas Hold’em originated, though it goes without saying that the game - a derivation of 7-Card Stud - more than likely originated in Texas.
Texas Hold’em was first played in Las Vegas at the legendary Golden Nugget casino, where it found its only home for more than a few years. It wasn’t until 1971, the year Texas Hold’em was adopted to decide the victor at the World Series of Poker’s championship event, that Texas Hold’em began to gain widespread popularity.
Even as late as 2003, however, Texas Hold’em was still relatively unknown to most of the poker-playing public. Nonetheless, it wouldn’t take much for all that to change, and for Texas Hold’em to become the most popular poker game in the United States.
Chris Moneymaker, a poker player who won his seat at the 2003 $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event online, went on to win the championship title that year. The game? Texas Hold’em, of course. Almost immediately, Texas Hold’em began to take a front seat to games such as 5-Card Draw, 7-Stud, and Omaha, and secure itself firmly within the safe haven of popular culture.

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