There is a story of the Chinese emperor, Mu Tsung, in the 10th century who played a domino game with his court that resembles the game of poker.
The domino was not made of small hard squared pieces, but hand size cards with some roots that resembled the modern card game.
However, this is not the only origin story for the game of poker. There is ancient Persian card game called “As Nas” from the 16th century, and Indian named “Ganijifa”, the English game called “Bragg”, and the official root for the game of poker from Spain, “Primero”.
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