Poker is the earliest of the games which involved betting, bluffing and hard rankings.There is evidence that a game, which is known as poque, a French game which was similar to poker was earlier played around various regions where poker was originated.  Poker closely resembles the Persian game As Nas. The name poker originates from the Irish Poca or even French Poque which means to brag as a bluff. It also shares ancestry with the Renaissance game primero and the French brelan. It is also possible that ...