did you know??

[pokerfan]

.Poker initially was played with one round of betting.

.There are 2,598,960 possible poker hands with 52 cards.

.Nearly 80 million Americans are playing poker.

.A fifth suit was added to poker in 1937 but never caught on
because people had to buy all new decks.

.On average 70 million decks of cards are sold in the united states
each year.

.Poker is now the third-most-watched televised sport on cable TV,
trailing only auto racing and football. ( Good for killafawk)

.Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
history:

Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs - Alexander the Great;
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.


(just read it on the net)

[silo]

didn't know most of that, I knew something about the kings though

3rd most popular 'sport' on tv and the government want's to ban online poker! Crazy

[bizwiz]

Wow that is one good trivia. Poker is also a popular you could say sport in my country. But there are still no televised events on our local tournaments.

[pokerfan]

poker is popular everywhere. Every body wants to make easy money and try his/her luck.

[jekyll]

wow quite alot that well it dusent supprise me atall really!

[raaul]

poker is not that popular in asia ..

[Philly?]

How do you know that? Have you been there?

[Shazz]

Where did you get this info from?
Whats your source?!

[raaul]

Originally Posted by Philly?

How do you know that? Have you been there?

Yup , i live there no one knows much about it here