When did a Flush become a thing?
April 10th, 2017 at 9:04:30 PM
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Read somewhere that the Flush is fairly recent to Poker and wasn't a thing back in the West. Back then Four Aces was Top Dog.
Any poker historians out there that care to comment?
Any poker historians out there that care to comment?
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April 10th, 2017 at 9:38:37 PM
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Quote: billryanRead somewhere that the Flush is fairly recent to Poker and wasn't a thing back in the West. Back then Four Aces was Top Dog.
Any poker historians out there that care to comment?
I'm not a poker historian, but a quick Google search finds this nice history of poker by David Parlett. He confirms your statements.
April 10th, 2017 at 9:46:54 PM
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The flush itself predates poker. It is in older card games like Primero and Three card brag. From my understanding, if people were playing poker with a 52 card french deck flushes were known. The 20 card deck games along the Mississippi River did not have stuff like straights, flushes, or wildcards. If they were playing draw or stud with a 52 card deck it should have had flushes.
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