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1. History of
POKERPOKER
People start playing poker
around Mississippi River delta
Mississippi
river boat trips
expand poker reach
The game becomes
popular pastime
activity in saloons
Poker expansion
throughout America
The first World Series of
Poker tournament takes
place in Las Vegas
Poker Stars sets a new world
record with 225.000 players
in a single online tournament
Poker becomes
available to play from
anywhere in the world
People can
access games
without even leaving
their homes
An unknown
player wins
$2,500,000 after
qualifying online
Poker industry sees a
massive boom of new
players, and the
poker dream is born
19thCENTURY
Poker goes mainstream
and moves away from being
seen as an outlaw game
20thCENTURY
The first-ever televised
poker event
Chris Moneymaker wins
WSOP Main Even
1973
2003
2015
1970
"Planet Poker" - The first
online poker room is launched
1998
2009
2013
COVID-19 changes poker
landscape
The Future
2020
LASVEGAS
Welcome
Nevada
Top poker players
become very famous
worldwide and get a
lot of recognition
An anonymous player
“Isildur1” beat all the
pros playing the
highest stakes online
Brick and mortar
poker rooms are
closed during the
lockdown
Many players turn to play
online where games
see an instant & massive
boost in traffic
The year of Isildur1
The poker bot that solved
Limit Heads-Up game, but
still required 200 processors
to run the calculations
This set ground
to more advanced
bots and AI software
in this field
The rise of the machines
Many players got
their money temporary
locked on poker rooms
US players were
banned from
playing poker online
The Black Friday hits
on April 15
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18thCENTURY
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