Like everything else that is in Texas, Texas Hold 'Em is now a big league event and has become everybody's game. From a few hands of cards in Robstown, Texas in a saloon back in the 1900s, this game didn't hit Vegas until 1967.
Texas Hold 'Em was known to have been introduced in Vegas by Texas players Amarillo Slim, Doyle Brunson and Crandell Addington. It was played by amateurs in Las Vegas' well-known Golden Nugget Casino.
It started going big time in 1969 when the Dunes Casino gathered some professional gamblers and held a Texas Hole 'Em tournament. The following year saw the start of the World Series of Poker with a no-limit Texas Hold 'Em played by eight top poker players. .Today, it's the main event for this big draw series. Doyle Brunson, an avid player of the game, wrote the Super System about poker strategy, and Al Alvarez in his book wrote an account of the Texas Hold 'Em as the main game of the World Series of Poker.
Texas Hold 'Em began showing up in the movies. The Rounders, a 1998 film starring Matt Damon showed scenes of professional savvy in playing poker. The film even featured an actual scene of the 1988 World Series of Poker showdown game between Erik Seidel and Johnny Chan.
Nothing fueled interest in Texas Hold 'Em faster than the 1998 launch of online poker websites. Soon even amateurs were into the game learning the details and gaining experience playing at home.
Some poker sites provided online tournaments that were gateways to the World Series of Poker. As a matter of fact, online tournament graduates won the World Series of Poker in 2003 and 2004. In 2006 there were 8,000 participants worldwide in the Texas Hold 'Em World Series of Poker and the grand prize totaled $12,000,000, a far cry from the eight players who first played in the tournament.
Today, the game can be seen in the television series World Poker Tour. The program has attracted sponsors and Texas Hold 'Em is no longer just a backroom game but is right up there along with traditionally popular games regularly aired by sports TV networks.
Texas Hold 'Em was known to have been introduced in Vegas by Texas players Amarillo Slim, Doyle Brunson and Crandell Addington. It was played by amateurs in Las Vegas' well-known Golden Nugget Casino.
It started going big time in 1969 when the Dunes Casino gathered some professional gamblers and held a Texas Hole 'Em tournament. The following year saw the start of the World Series of Poker with a no-limit Texas Hold 'Em played by eight top poker players. .Today, it's the main event for this big draw series. Doyle Brunson, an avid player of the game, wrote the Super System about poker strategy, and Al Alvarez in his book wrote an account of the Texas Hold 'Em as the main game of the World Series of Poker.
Texas Hold 'Em began showing up in the movies. The Rounders, a 1998 film starring Matt Damon showed scenes of professional savvy in playing poker. The film even featured an actual scene of the 1988 World Series of Poker showdown game between Erik Seidel and Johnny Chan.
Nothing fueled interest in Texas Hold 'Em faster than the 1998 launch of online poker websites. Soon even amateurs were into the game learning the details and gaining experience playing at home.
Some poker sites provided online tournaments that were gateways to the World Series of Poker. As a matter of fact, online tournament graduates won the World Series of Poker in 2003 and 2004. In 2006 there were 8,000 participants worldwide in the Texas Hold 'Em World Series of Poker and the grand prize totaled $12,000,000, a far cry from the eight players who first played in the tournament.
Today, the game can be seen in the television series World Poker Tour. The program has attracted sponsors and Texas Hold 'Em is no longer just a backroom game but is right up there along with traditionally popular games regularly aired by sports TV networks.
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