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Message: [QUOTE="partyboy392, post: 3160985, member: 203195"] Also interesting fact, is that the Chinese were recorded as participating in the actual playing of card games around 950. However, even though it seems clear that the Chinese were probably the first to play a game with cards, the card deck did not contain 52 cards as a modern deck does and the game the Chinese played was more akin to dominos than poker. So, as far as the origin of a 52 card deck, and games played with it goes, it seems the John from Rheinfelden tale holds the most water, as he took the time to write about the game he observed in 1377. Having established written records of card games played with 52 card decks in 1377, next is the task of searching the origin of modern poker. [/QUOTE]