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Poker is a card game, primarily a betting or gambling game, and is the most prevalent of the class of what is called "vying games". Participants play with either totally or partially concealed cards and make wagers with money or poker chips that are placed into a central pot. The pot is subsequently rewarded to the player (or players) with the best "hand" or combination of cards with the highest value (link to list of values of Poker hands).Getting back to the name poque, it is believed to have descended from a German card game called pochen but there is also literature that states that poque may have come from the British word "poke" which means a bag, sack, wallet or purse, used to safeguard valuables (one might imagine the "poke" as the pot in Poker).
On the other hand, though the names of pochen or poque sound similar to Poker, a game called Primero, which was invented about 600 years ago either in Italy or Spain, is the one that is commonly recognized as the direct forerunner of the modern game of Poker.
About 400 years ago, Persians were playing a Poker-like card game called As Nas, which involved rounds of betting and would be won by the best combination or order of cards according to established denominations or values. Later, the game of As Nas was apparently introduced to North America by Persian sailors who taught it to French settlers in New Orleans. Interestingly, it is believed to have spread to the rest of North America by way of the Mississippi riverboats, on which gambling was a familiar activity.