Continental to host frequent-flyer poker party
The carrier is to host a four-day Texas Hold'em event at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to celebrate the 21st anniversary of its OnePass frequent-flyer program.
Top customers have been invited to take part in the event and will compete for the grand prize, placing bets with OnePass miles.
Mark Bergsrud, Senior Vice President - Marketing Programs & Distribution, said: "We look forward to providing this exciting opportunity to our loyal customers to celebrate the 21st year of our OnePass program.
"Continental's OnePass program has rewarded passengers with travel bonuses, seat upgrades and preferred customer benefits for more than two decades and we look forward to continuing this service for many years to come."
Registration for the game is limited and the entry fee is 50,000 OnePass miles. Members of the program can find out more and register for the tournament at www.continental.com/onepass/news
Early in 1600 the first poker game: in France and Italy Primero Gilet the card game of poker with the existing elements: bet per hand, such as pairs, iron sticks, and with three sets of licensing.
1600-1790 evolution: Games in the United Kingdom Brag, Germany and France Poque Pochen three places to develop. Scare in the game with the elements, in Germany and France in the name of this game has very close poker. German version of the game, players at the thought of licensing or licensing will be turned to percussion Desktop and said Ich Poche! As instructed. Although the school claimed that poker (Poker) is derived from the Hindi word in the pukka, and indeed in India in a call pukka sahibs of the game.
1790-1830 Poque: in the text that people in New Orleans, the sailors from Persia to teach French immigrants Wan Zhipai gambling games, this game is from the ancient Persians evolved from the game. Although the game with five sets of a total of 25 boards and four players carried out. After learning of migrants and to improve Poque fame for the new game, said, I poque (French pronunciation is divided into two po-que) one yuan or I poque you two yuan. Game first developed into Poqas , then gradually Evolved into a Pokah , the last is Poker .
We can ignore pushing the origin of the name, just as it has from the poke , a term used to describe pickpockets, or Party of Ecstasy is also used by the magician of words.
1829 - New Orleans: This involves daily in English actor Joseph Crowell deeds, Helen M Gregor to play cards on the vessels, each of the five players of the licensing and placing bets, and then whoever has the biggest set of All bets will win the portfolio. He said it was from Henry Clay invented by politicians and also that he should be proud of things. Vessels along the Mississippi River trip to Ohio, during the Licensing Board are continuing. From the river next to the town, the Licensing Board in Pengju, along the new railway from east to the west has been carried out. Licensing Board in only one round of betting. Players of the five not out after Dipai licensing round.
1834 - cheating the game: professional gamblers Jonathan H. Green as reformers, in 1834 and wrote the first one involving poker books. He mentioned the title of cheating the game, he was on board the Mississippi River known as the poker game.
The game is licensed by the 20, only Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks and 10. From 2 to 4 players, each have been allocated five Dipai, the best hand win popularity far exceeds the Three-Card Monte. 20 Shou Pianzhe card poker in the eyes of Three-Card Monte than the more reasonable and legitimate.
1837 - Shunzai and spent the same: the use of 52 playing cards and when to join Shunzai with flowers, and can accommodate four players at the same time over the game.
1848 - gold tide: thousands of gold over who travel long distances to the west, also the way the game taken to the local.
1850 - Baida card: poker after the introduction of reform.
1861 - Suoha (Stud) and pumped card: U.S. Civil War drama to poker rapid population growth, irrespective of the Northern Army or Army barracks in the South have thousands of soldiers in Wan Puke. U.S. Civil War and the pumping licensing Suoha there is a profound change. When the war ended, the United States in poker has become the most popular card games, two or more men with a deck of cards can play games. The game has been added to the round of betting and skill elements. Frighten the game has become the most important part.
1872 - established rules: When the United States Minister Robert C. Schenck to the United Kingdom, will also return to European poker. Schenck at the Royal party in the poker introduced to the Queen Victoria and attended by guests. Schenck should request the Queen wrote a poker rules and the relevant records in the British Duchess Notes , has also become the first rules on the books, it printed at the Queen gave her friends.
1870 - poker jackpot: jackpot is to prevent the emergence of players with some poor licensing wait out the licensing and participation in dangerous exotic. Clown in 1875 into Baida licensing.
1880 - Texas Hold em invention: To sum up all kinds of poker games, Texas Hold em is one of the most successful people gamble is the best option for the introduction of public poker licence concept.
1896 - poker chips : The first game magazine publishing.
1903 - equally exotic: high / low and the smallest hand in the game.
1909 - legislation against stupid: two of Missouri s (Coran and Lyles) to introduce a bill into the Legislative Council in control of poker players, to avoid stupid in the audience did not know the value of each hand, and the quarterly loss to the millions of The amount.
1911 - pumping games explosive growth: in 1911, the California State Bar (Harold Sigel Webb) will be dark licensing (pumping licensing) as a technical gambling game. But Mingpai (Suoha) idea is only a chance of the game, so were classified as unlawful. This has led to a new pumping games and Baida licensing development.
1925 - Public card: Texas Hold em and Omaha derived in this case, the prototype of the game gradually emerging.
1930 - poker with words. Everywhere in the Board reflect daily on a certain number of poker phrase, and likewise also from non-players in the emerging. Ace in the hole, beats me, blue chip, call the bluff, cash in, pass the buck, poker face, stack up, up the ante every coin a phrase such ups and downs and Baida licensing downturn daily.
1938 - British ban: Justice announced that poker is a chance of the game, the club has been classified as legitimate until 1960. During the poker game is still in the private sector to continue and not to scare survival. In 1960, the club has become a legitimate and collected service charges, but not out of commission. Later in the casino poker games are also provided.
1965 - Cincinnati Children: poker because of a Hollywood film around the world, poker has never been introduced to contact the people, giving them a happy and excited.
1970 - World Series Poker (WSOP): The first game in Las Vegas at the Binions Horseshoe. Game to Texas Hold em, has now become dominant. The winner will become the world poker champion. Noteworthy is the first championship in 12 years in nine Americans, including four people in Texas is.
1978 - Super System:: Super / System: poker forces courses , the author is Doyle Brunson, with a number of top professional poker players to learn the experience of bringing revolutionary reform.
2000 - television and the Internet: Championship regular television (the audience from the glass-table players to watch the Dipai) and the Poker online poker room from the casinos and card room into people s homes.
2003 - World Poker Tour: a television series, the casino poker and television combined with micro-camera to watch the players Dipai, in 2004 to 8.0 million prize money on exotic break records.
2004 - speed poker Race: Poker online poker room so that the rapid rate seemed very slow speed of the first session of the World Poker Championship held in the Estonian capital Tallinn, the players only 15 seconds of time to consider.
