Poker: A Brief History

The History of Fun

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Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Hobbies, Video Games, Leisure

4.8 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Get ready to lose your shirt! This week Russ takes us into the scaly underbelly of the origins of poker. Matt Damon rejoice! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the history of fun where we explore the hidden backstories behind the things you love to do.
0:14.8	My name is Russ Frustick and I'm joined by Allegra Frank.
0:16.9	Hey Allegra.
0:17.6	Hi.
0:19.0	And Chris Plant.
0:20.0	Hey, Chris.
0:20.7	Oh, hello. How are you both doing? Allegra. Hi. And Chris Plant. Hey, Chris. Oh, hello.
0:22.0	How are you both doing?
0:23.6	So good.
0:24.7	Yeah?
0:25.4	Really good.
0:26.6	Well, let me ask you how you would be doing if you were in Las Vegas and you just lost millions of dollars in poker.
0:34.2	I don't know that I'd be doing much differently that I'm doing right now.
0:38.3	Comfortably. Yeah, you do seem a little sick. I'm sorry to hear that.
0:42.0	Today we're going to be doing poker. I'm going to be talking about poker. We're going to be
0:46.3	playing poker. History of poker. We're not going to be playing poker. We're going to be talking
0:49.9	about the history of poker. I'm by no means an expert in the actual game, which is to say I've played it a number
0:59.0	of times, but I wouldn't say I'm the best of the best.
1:02.5	Allegra, you, however, are known the world over for being a poker master, correct?
1:07.3	Remember those celebrity poker shows on ESPN?
1:10.4	Yes.
1:15.6	I was never on one of those because I'm not famous when I don't play poker. Do you play poker?
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