In order to give you a little background on this blog and me I'm going to do a comparison. I'm going to do a comparison of an insanely popular game of skill, called poker, to myself. Pretty standard comparison, right? I thought so too, so lets get started.
Age
Poker: Not quite sure but some variation dates back to 969 A.D. (or before). So pretty old.
Me: Slightly younger. I just had my 28th birthday this month...I wonder if poker feels like it's 2081 years old since I feel twice my age.
Origin
Poker: Part Chinese, part Egyptian, part French, part Canadian (eh), with an American influence.
Me: Similar, I'm a mutt too...minus the French influence. Originally from VA, currently living in Central Florida.
Variations
Poker: Hold-em, Omaha, Omaha hi-lo, Stud, Stud hi-lo, Razz, 2-7 Lowball, Badugi, Chineese Poker... I think I'll stop here for the sake of not sounding like Bubba Blue from Forest Gump.
Me: Don't be silly, I'm one of a kind.
Connection with New Orleans
Poker: When French-Canadians founded New Orleans, they brought poker with them. Then thanks to the mighty M-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-humpback-humpback-I, it spread all throughout the country.
Me: My beautiful girlfriend is from New Orleans as well. It's also where I cashed in my first WSOP Circuit event. Never been on the Missisippi though.
As I continue to introduce myself and develop this slice of history for you all I'm sure I'll draw other connections between these too. For now I'll sign off and fill this in more a bit later.
Good luck in everything that you attempt.
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Poker is a game that has evolved with our civilization. In America it has gone from an outlaw's game, to a gentleman's game, to a 3-ring circus, and back to an outlaw's game. The story you are about to read goes back and forth in time (but mostly stays in the present). Although this is not my story I am a character in it. This is a slice of poker history.
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