Poker Tropical

Playing cards are of course the architects of any poker players evening. We can work with what we are dealt and what we are not, but essentially, our evening will be defined as much by what cards we are dealt as how we play them.

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It is astonishing really how such an exciting and enjoyable game can be created by 52 numbered and patterned cards, but despite their apparent simplicity, modern card decks have evolved greatly over time. The first recorded instances that I know of where a similar game was played, is during the Persian empire a few thousand years ago. Coloured tiles were used by players to create simplistic hands which were ranked in strength.

Throughout Europe much later cards developed in a more modern form with different suits, all the while, forms of card games were developing too, including one in France known as ‘Poche’. This game laid the foundations for what later became poker, and as card decks were becoming universal in their design, these gams spread to America. In modern times we have many companies that produce playing cards, many with interesting pictures on the backs. Some are bought as souvenirs and are not designed for any particular game, others are made specifically as poker playing cards. All decks of playing cards can be used to play poker of course, but some decks are of a much higher quality to others, being wear resistant, wider, and generally looking more professional.

The best known brand are perhaps ‘Kem’ who produce great quality cards as well as other poker playing equipment.
Other well known brands include ‘Bee’ and ‘Bicycle’ amongst others, and many online poker rooms will offer good quality cards from their online stores too. These can vary in price, but ‘Bicycle’ would probably be the ones that got my value for money vote in terms of the quality you get.