Playing Card history and trivia
Note: the following instructions are available to download here if you wish to print and add them to a standard deck of playing cards. Number of players: 3 – 6 Object of the game: To win more rounds in a Hand than any other player OR to avoid being BAMBoozalled. Terminology ROUND When each player […]
DID YOU KNOW Before Harry Houdini became known for his death-defying escape acts and illusions, one of his many monikers was The King of Cards. He began his magic career in 1891 appearing in a tent act with strongman Emil Jarrow performing in Dime museums and Sideshows, even doubling as ‘The Wild Man’ at a […]
DID YOU KNOW Authors is a classic card game dating back to 1861 and was first published by G. M. Whipple & A. A. Smith of Salem, Massachusetts. The deck could also be used for many traditional card games because the cards also had standard indices in both the upper and lower corners.
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DID YOU KNOW While researching his role in ‘Rounders’ Matt Damon reportedly lost tens of thousands of dollars on poker tables in real casinos? Both Damon and fellow Rounders star Edward Norton were invited to play in the 1998 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas (with a ten thousand dollar buy-in).
