Was it poker? We aren’t entirely sure: But it’s still one hell of a story considering this: The same year, another monk who was not as much of a card playing fan issued a warning stating “the game of cards has come to us this year”, and gambling with cards were banned immediately. Now, some sources give his name as Johannes von Rheinfelden, John of Basel and Johannes de Friburgo, but they all agree on this: This monk from Basel, Switzerland wrote down the first description we have of a game being played with 52 cards in 1377. Just in case the article inspires you to start playing online. Alex has found us some of the most famous, most notable and most notorious card games in history.īefore you dig in, we thought we’d share a link to an excellent site, Online Casino Bluebook, that offers reviews of casinos online. Some poker games are historical, or just so good (or bad) that they go down in the history books.
The Big, the Bad & The Notorious: Famous Poker Games
