There have been many modifications to the game, including ‘stud poker’, the ‘draw’ and the ‘straight’ which became popular during the Civil War. Slowly ‘poker’, as the game became known, spread to other states via steamboats, wagons and trains.
Kumekuwa na ändringar mengi ya mchezo, ikiwa ni pamoja na ‘Stud Poker’, na ‘kusogea’ na ‘sawa’ ambayo amekuwa maarufu wakati wa vita vya kiraia. Poker polepole ”, kama mchezo wa alipata habari, kueneza na nchi nyingine kupitia steamboats, wagons na treni.