Poker’s inception dates back to the first or second decade of the 19th Century. It has been said that it was in the former French territory of New Orleans that the game of Poker first appeared. The gambling saloon and the notorious floating saloons on the banks of the Mississippi River have been referred to as its place of birth.
Poker ya kuanzishwa ilianza muongo wa kwanza au wa pili wa karne ya 19. Inasemekana kuwa ni katika wilaya ya zamani Kifaransa ya New Orleans kuwa mchezo wa Poker kwanza akatokea. saloon ya kamari na sifa mbaya saloons yaliyo kwenye kingo za mto Mississippi kuwa inajulikana kama sehemu yake ya kuzaliwa.