{"id":27755,"date":"2024-01-20T15:45:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T14:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=27755"},"modified":"2024-01-23T09:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T08:04:03","slug":"the-history-of-poker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Poker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Poker face&#8221; is a term which means an impassive expression in order to hide one&#8217;s true feelings. The term dates back to the latter half of the 1800s as a strategy employed by poker players to make their opponents believe that they are holding different cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s watch the video and know more about the history of poker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Why is Texas hold &#039;em so popular? - James McManus\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E_fAWuj7DDI?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What is the meaning of &#8220;<strong>battle of nerves<\/strong>&#8220;? <em>&#8220;From its earliest incarnations, poker has always been a <strong>battle of nerves<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em> Use it in your own sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does &#8220;<strong>hand<\/strong>&#8221; mean in this context, <em>&#8220;They would then wager on whether or not they had the best <strong>hand<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong><\/em> <em>either adding more money to the pot or folding and forfeiting their chance to win it. &#8220;<\/em> Use it in a sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Define the word &#8220;<strong>guile<\/strong>&#8220;.<em> &#8220;This winning combination of <strong>guile<\/strong>, guts, and gambling caught on quickly.&#8221; <\/em>Use it in a sentence and give two synonyms.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In your opinion, what makes poker a battle of nerves?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are your thoughts on poker? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you play poker (or any other card game)? Why or why not?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What tactics in poker can you apply in real-life?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where else can the &#8216;game theory&#8217; be applied?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share your thoughts on this statement: &#8220;<em>Poker is here to stay.<\/em>&#8220;. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate &#8220;Poker face&#8221; is a term which means an impassive expression in order to hide one&#8217;s true feelings. The term dates back to the latter half of the 1800s as a strategy employed by poker players to make their opponents believe that they are holding different cards. Let&#8217;s watch the video and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[291,292,290,496,14],"class_list":["post-27755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-b2-upper-intermediate","tag-first-certificate-fce","tag-listening","tag-people-and-human-interest","tag-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The History of Poker | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The History of Poker | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate &#8220;Poker face&#8221; is a term which means an impassive expression in order to hide one&#8217;s true feelings. The term dates back to the latter half of the 1800s as a strategy employed by poker players to make their opponents believe that they are holding different cards. Let&#8217;s watch the video and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/phoneenglish.es\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-20T14:45:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-23T08:04:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@phoneenglishes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@phoneenglishes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PHONE ENGLISH\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/phoneenglish.es\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/phoneenglish\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phoneenglishes\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phone-english1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phone-english1.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":124,\"caption\":\"PHONE ENGLISH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"phone english blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/\",\"name\":\"The History of Poker | phone english blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-20T14:45:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-23T08:04:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Blog\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/#webpage\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/76165f65d4ee87fd79bb66a66b047cd7\"},\"headline\":\"The History of Poker\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-20T14:45:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-23T08:04:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/#webpage\"},\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"B2 - Upper intermediate\",\"First Certificate FCE\",\"Listening\",\"People and Human Interest\",\"video\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Homework\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-history-of-poker\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/76165f65d4ee87fd79bb66a66b047cd7\",\"name\":\"Sarah\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27755"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27777,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27755\/revisions\/27777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}