In addition to stud poker, California authorized the holding of Omaha in 1987.īefore, only draw games were permitted. The first poker “boom” began in the late 1980s as a result of two key occurrences. The 52-card deck we are all familiar with today was introduced not long after the game spread like wildfire.
Foster noted that each player received five cards from a deck of twenty. When poker was played in the US in 1837, Hoyle, R.F. According to Joseph Cowell, four players bet on the best hand when the game was played in 1829.
