Game changer: Six times poker has changed

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The introduction of 6+ hold'em and its immediate popularity among players highlights how incredibly adaptable the game of poker is. In fact, throughout the game's history there have been several instances where a change in the way poker is played significantly altered poker's development and growth.

Here are six of the most significant changes affecting the path poker has taken over the two centuries it has been played.

1. Using the full 52-card deck

Many fans of "short deck" or 6+ hold'em may not be aware of the fact that when poker was first introduced in America in the early 19th century, the earliest version of the game was in fact played with a smaller deck of 20 cards, not 52.

Games such as Poch (from Germany), primiera (Italy), mus (Spain), and poque (France) from which poker was ultimately derived were all played with "short" decks that ranged from 20 to 40 cards. (Another poker precursor, the English game brag, used the full 52.)

Sort of like 6+ hold'em, the initial 20-card version of poker -- called "Twenty-Deck Poker" in an early reference to poker in Hoyle's -- tossed out the low cards, using only aces, kings, queens, jacks, and tens.

With just 20 cards...

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