Why is Texas hold 'em so popular? - James McManus

[@TEDEd]

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[@Smeck-gq1rj]

I think it's "Gizmo"

[@Smeck-gq1rj]

Oh, sorry, TED-Ed I was confused I thought it was "Gizmo", Not "Grizmo".

[@Smeck-gq1rj]

Keep up the good work and happy new year!

[@Tom_277]

Just wondering, did poker come from China?

[@jamesmcmanus6484]

Playing cards were invented in China by courtesans who couldn't afford expensive hand-carved dominoes, so they made cheaper ones out of paper, another Chinese invention. @@Tom_277

[@baronvonrhaptzody5440]

Fun Fact: As the video shows, “Wild Bill” Hickok was found dead holding a Queen, two Aces, and two eights; what is now referred to as the “Dead Man’s Hand”.

[@SunniDae333]

That's awesome and really cool that you caught that :)

[@myaltaccount4438]

m e t a l

[@honor9lite1337]

Mice 😮

[@kurtmatteson4914]

Wait, I thought that was the Spades' Royal Flush. Why was that in a magician's book?

[@baileysmith1409]

Are you sure it was a queen?

[@liamerickson3427]

3:34 dead man’s hand, nice touch

[@champking4585]

That starting quote from tony G after he lied to hellmuth that’s gold

[@buzz092]

Can't believe the quote is from Tony "Overqualified" G 😂

[@mark-ish]

​@@buzz092 Tony on yer bike Guoga

[@Tuturial464]

He's a joke of a human being and diplomat

[@Shawnmell]

I died when I saw they used Tony G's quote at the beginning lol

[@TheInuyashaGuy]

Haha it feels very profound at the start of a Ted ed video

[@coldfire39]

What's the quote?

[@anzesuhadolc2405]

​@@coldfire39of course i lied. Its poker Phil. What do you think this is? Check The big game and find the moment its hilarious

[@star-iv]

"Of course I lied. It's poker," said Tony G to Phil Hellmuth once Hellmuth realized that Tony had lied when he said that he hadn't looked at his hand. Tony had AK and won the pot and Hellmuth was salty 😂😅

[@hamnohamno4004]

I loved it!

[@chamtheman551]

The animation is really nice as always. I never knew I would learn so much from poker lore

[@containedhurricane]

Maybe it was made with Moho?

[@ydiotboi]

5 sec in, already loving it. To see Tony Gs quote to Helmut here was a real gem

[@jasperhalsey8574]

me too. I can hear tony saying it too. great quote

[@fergaldelaney254]

​​@@jasperhalsey8574 And I can picture Hellmuth's disgusted face after he said it :-)

[@Tuturial464]

Tony g sucks

[@Tuturial464]

Tony g stinks

[@crow6538]

As someone who has watched a lot of poker, the quote at the beginning had me in stiches

[@sallytrengrove9015]

Gotta love tony g ❤

[@robertlusthaus1997]

Exactly what I was thinking lol, I quote that all the time

[@emilianomunozdiaz9494]

4:36 ...Say that again

[@kelpyr638]

Thats just a theory

[@miscellaneoussarnian5282]

@@kelpyr638A GA-

[@MyProblems-cp7xd]

@@miscellaneoussarnian5282Y MEN

[@Luffy-HOT]

Thanks for watching!

[@notneean]

I had classmates play poker during lunch, we would use snacks as a way to bet, but I didn’t learn about game theory until this summer. I also didn’t learn about its uses in war-far until this video. This was an enjoyable video

[@earthling_parth]

Technically it's the prisoner's dilemma that inspired the core game theory concepts of studying cooperation vs hostility. I highly recommend to watch the latest near 20 minutes video from Vertasium on this exact topic of game theory and it's uses in geopolitics and other areas of day to day life.

[@falloutfart9917]

A similar thing happened in my wedding class. Sometimes, usually when the teacher was out, some of the guys would play poker in the classroom.

[@HipHopKitteh]

Absolutely love this wacky style of animation. The reversed bowl at 3:43 is hilarious 😂

[@Dicska]

It reminds me of Terence Hill's "accidentally" flipped hand from Odds and Evens. If you look up 'Terence Hill Odds and Evens showing hand' on image search, it should be in the first 5 hits. Also: that film is gold.

[@Bestpetlover01]

From bluffs to busts, McManus unravels the captivating history of poker in a must-watch!

[@damightybenstein]

McManus as in Jim "Jack High" McManus?

[@jamesmcmanus6484]

@@damightybenstein Queen high

[@damightybenstein]

@@jamesmcmanus6484 Good catch. #HeCalledMeWithJackHigh

[@jamesmcmanus6484]

@@damightybenstein Thanks, DaMightyBen!

[@reillywalker195]

What separates Poker from Brag is checking. In Poker, you're allowed to check (to not bet but stay in the current hand) if either you made the Big Blind bet and no one raised it or if no one else has bet yet in a subsequent betting round. In Brag, you must either bet or fold every turn, so you can run out of chips fairly quickly if you're not careful.

[@tyberiusrex5300]

Love that Tony g quote, I can hear it ringing in my ears ❤

[@JDragon272]

3:34 “Dead Man’s Hand, Mr. Wick.” ♠️♦️♣️♥️

[@nocturno7660]

I recall my friend group had a poker phase, we only gambled chips without value, but it was really exciting whenever someone had all the chips, made it feel like they were king/queen. We would reset the chip account every weekend or so and start over, the strats becoming more cunning over time

[@Karmdals]

That is neat, i like that.

[@kevinc.cucumber3697]

It’s a whole different game though when actual money is involved

[@Qudee-pb3kf]

As always a really interesting and well made Video!!!

[@JDLupus]

I love both poker and game theory, but hadn't known how important the former was to the conception of the latter!

[@macngeeseyt6029]

Yes, this is technically education.

[@zenedhyr7612]

Poker -cheating- is part of -education- statistics studies.

[@Irondragon1945]

Say, in which way is it not?

[@InternetStranger476]

@@Irondragon1945 I'm having fun

[@Irondragon1945]

We truly live in a society where that isn't the norm for education

[@baronde8551]

I bet ya

[@joaocardoso6697]

lmao, the Tony G quote at the beggining

[@DarkKnight_4669]

Dude I love this art style

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome as always thanks

[@AwesomeBoysJPTV]

Poker is the reason Game Theory was born Matpat: A GAME THEORY

[@Gynoidmm]

Ha yeah! … man I’m gonna miss him

[@TheShafronChannel]

RIP

[@Gracericon]

the fact that matthew actually mentioned exactly that

[@hesiod_delta9209]

@@Gracericon For the uninitiated: MatPat did an episode covering how the handling of economics in Massively Multiplayer Online games can be used as a testing ground for economic ideas in meatspace, and prefaced it with how the series shared a name with a concept in economics. This field was properly acknowledged in that episode. Although mathematical game theory isn't discussed much beyond that gag, I still appreciate the acknowledgement.

[@dewahe]

Remind me of one of poker game (with story) named Card Shark. The game itself encourage players to play with cheat while doing Poker at France society.

[@Crazycolorz5]

Yes! And you get to do both cheats mentioned in the video: signaling, and cold decking

[@user-cp9id1mj8b]

3:16 The Full Tilt chip sounds really hit me in the nostalgia

[@jasemalhammadi4228]

I wish you can make a video about the stand off and rivalry between Britain and France through out history which determined the fate of the modern world beginning with the Norman invasion and throughout the one hundred years war, the seven year war, and the napoleonic wars. The factors the tipped the scale in favor of the British, etc.

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

Me too

[@RecepSultan]

Bro, i think 4ra’s new ads show their commitment to quality. love seeing their dedication.

[@UpperEchelon8]

This is the type of content i like. 🤩

[@GoPokerPro]

Game changed my life! Forever gratefull

[@cpkwaban]

Jim McManus is one of the finest writers: I’ve greatly enjoyed all of his books. Positively Fifth Street was an American classic!

[@chrismagsmags]

I'll never forger when I first started playing Hold em. It was right after the 2002 WSOP when Varkoni won it. My friend had a table and we would go over his house once a week. We were all Soph in HS. Then in 2003 it got huge cause of the late night poker show on the travel channel, and then Moneymaker winning on ESPN. Fun times man.

[@gr3y693]

I love this animation style and narration very entertaining and informative:

[@TheDnegDegen]

Getting this defen game some love, I’m here for it ❤

[@roberthjuniorsantosmuniz2649]

omg, i love how you content is good

[@UygarSalman]

Yeah, man 4ra’s explanations are so clear. even newbies can start easily now.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

TED-Ed has upped the ante with this poker video

[@bgd34000]

2:14 the boat should be going in reverse!

[@observer4916]

i also learned the etymology of "discard" with this video. interesting

[@T.C.-st8uz]

Weird art. Great video.

[@galinaveselova6235]

This is just the best strategy ever. Thank you for helping us to join you on a master level :)

[@SelmaSevgi-tq4xf]

When Finch talks, bettors listen. His promos on 4RA make so much sense!

[@anewfuture]

It is the variant with the perfect balance of having the most concealed information, while still having public information. Also, a lot of credit has to go to ESPN's coverage of the main event in 2003. Many people say it was the "Moneymaker effect", but I disagree. While I also started playing poker because of that tournament, I didn't care about him, I just found the coverage of the tournament to be entertaining and I wanted to play.

[@ELDuderino597]

One of my favourite quotes regarding the popularity of texas hold 'em is that 'everyone thinks they can play'.

[@thomasyates3078]

Everyone can play, but most people play badly. The beauty of the game is that the odds are mostly still pretty good for the player that's behind, so bad players will still win more than they would in most other games. That keeps them in. The winning player works out how to use that information over large time scales.

[@fos1451]

Most people don’t think they’re master at the game, most just play for fun

[@CfeMdz]

Your channel is the best place to learn about trading. Thanks for your valuable work!

[@dchevron77]

Loved this!

[@aidenrogatz8071]

What an opening quote

[@Naumkovich]

bruh, awesome Chintis Lundgren work)

[@alvarodanielmirandagarcia9555]

I remember that game, when Tony G and Phill Hellmuth are playing this hand, when Tony said to Phill "I'm going all in, without looking" and Phill believed him having a bad hand and then Tony Said "OF COURSE I LIED ITS POKER"

[@joaocardoso6697]

ITS POKER PHIL!

[@hasge2124]

Absolutely classic. On your bike!

[@river777runner-c1q]

I would say that approximately 20 seconds of the 5:42 address the question "Why is Texas Hold 'em so popular?"

[@franmode0634]

I began to play poker on discord and discovered a game full of mysticism, variance but strategy. I always loved games like go and chess but poker has something special. A magical aspect that seems to never amaze because of the different stories that are told every hand. That being said, it is still a betting game, so one has to remain aware of the dangers of not managing your bankroll correctly.

[@ActingAndy]

Did you mean “cease to never amaze”

[@lingtao969]

Chatgpt ahh comment

[@MrLuckychewy1]

Can you elaborate on the mysticism you experienced?

[@tdog923]

How do you play poker on discord

[@danreitzdotcom]

Such satisfying sound design 🏆

[@ogsdu]

not possible to produce this kind of high quality videos on a regular, thanks

[@SemihKiymet]

Finch's partnership with 4ra? A perfect match. Brings credibility and loads of fun!

[@kraneiathedancingdryad6333]

Greetings from Deadwood, SD! The final resting place of Wild Bill Hikok.

[@matthewlane932]

You forgot Phil after “it’s poker”. The funniest poker interaction I’ve ever seen

[@adityabhardwaj9854]

WE GETTING OUT OF THE POKER TABLE WITH THIS VIDEO😂

[@thebooknerd5223]

WE GETTING OUT OF DEBT WITH THIS ONE 🗣️ 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@CMichael2276]

I'll be in Las Vegas in June for the World Series of Poker!

[@vividist]

Starting with that Tony G quote is wild ifykyk 😂

[@Brian-os9qj]

Fun and informative. Thx James

[@powerofk]

And regardless of the version of poker, the ranks on hands (from best hand down to worst hand) are based on rarity of natural occurrence (no wild cards/no cheating) in Five Card Stud.

[@alpacaofthemountain8760]

Love the animation style

[@OmarFarouk1999]

حلو الحلقة بتحكي عن تاريخ poker و انه و ارتباطه بعلم الرياضيات بغض النظر عن انه ضياع للمال،اتمنى تترجم الي العربي

[@gojosatoru1442]

لعبة ممتعه

[@nikitakucherov5028]

If you fully shuffle a deck you will get a sequence of 52 cards that has never been duplicated in the past, and should take a million years to be replicated in the future

[@DefundtheIRS1776]

Did the math on this I think 1 million is a super lowball

[@BongHitStorm]

@@DefundtheIRS1776 is it? i figured with the amount of people playing poker at any given time there would be sure to be a repeat so i figure it'd actually be **lower** than a million idk

[@acoupleofschoes]

@@BongHitStorm The number of unique orderings is 52! = 8 * 10^67. Estimating the 52 card deck originated around the year 1500, gives about 500 years of shuffles, you would need 4.4 * 10^62 unique shuffles each day to get them all by now. That doesn't mean two random shuffles weren't the same, just incredibly unlikely. Going for 10^59 years brings it down to only 2 million unique shuffles per day before a card ordering is repeated. With the number casinos, number of tables/decks in each casino, plus everyone else playing with a deck of cards in the world, that seems very reasonable across the entire world, just have to keep shuffling.

[@DefundtheIRS1776]

@@BongHitStormjust a lot of guessing but I think since the start of the 52 card deck there hasn’t been 2 identical shuffles, in theory.

[@simplebutpowerful]

@@acoupleofschoes let's give a well-overestimated 100 shuffles per person on the planet per day, that'd be 800 billion or 8 x 10^11 shuffles per day. so we need 10^56 days - or 2.7 x 10^53 years - to get a duplicated shuffle. That's, what, 270 thousand trillion trillion trillion trillion years? Better yet, let's say each person on the planet was running a supercomputer that could churn out 1 million shuffles per second. Then that'd be 8 billion x 1 million x 86,400 shuffles per day = 6.9 x 10^20 shuffles per day, requiring 1.2 x 10^47 days or 3 x 10^44 years to cover them all - that's 300 million trillion trillion trillion years. A perfect NCAA bracket will be made trillions of times over before a random shuffle is duplicated. You can bet on it.

[@KatyPerryShorts01]

An absolute poker history gem - the art of bluffing, the strategies of betting, and the stories of busting unfold brilliantly!

[@Dheeraj5373]

As a poker player now I am satisfied 😂

[@gamesixio2146]

you forgot the part when the cowboy played a flush house with photograph, hanging chad, scary face, pareidolia, business card, and a negative midas mask.

[@HaughtyHedonist]

I Felt It When The Cartoon Character Chased The Other One With A Toolie && Threw His Hat On The Ground 😅😂

[@FriedaOberlander]

What an opening quote

[@SimonJokes]

TONY G A LEGEND !!! 🦅🦅🦅

[@Maribuuuu]

4:37 i swear everything reminds me of Mat Pat seens he announce he’s going… But that’s just a theory a game theory

[@beanman9760]

4:36 hey I’ve seen this one before!

[@j.d.kurtzman7333]

Triggered by that opening quote haha

[@MuratMehmet-g9r]

The 4ra IPL lottery is crazy fun. tried my luck today, and it was so exciting!

[@DanielMancheno-xp8ul]

Hey nice video!!! just wondering when did down the river came to the game?

[@kevo1011]

I really think what made Texas Holdem a great game for tournaments and television is the fact that when a small pair vs 2 high cards get all in before the flop it is very close to a coin flip for who will win the hand

[@TevhidHaci]

I have! A friend recommended it to me. It’s been pretty fun so far. What games have you been playing

[@MuserrefAhmet]

The cricket vibes at 4ra are stronger with Finch, man. It's like having a captain for our betting team!

[@ryansmock2717]

The Tony G quote is so iconic

[@MuratZeynep-t8m]

Brooo, 4ra’s latest features have made betting so much cooler. tonight’s match is going to be lit!

[@OzenYasar]

I joined 4ra’s fantasy league and it’s fantastic! the new ad convinced me to try it.

[@haze300]

We called it "Pusoy" in the Philippines and it's really popular especially during funerals (lamay).

[@XaTheDuck]

So what I’m hearing is… poker inevitably created Matt Patt

[@RTMonitor]

Yes, in some extent.

[@IncognitoModeUser]

At the end, "but heeeey that's just a theory, a GAME THEORY. Aaaand cut"

[@mrx7181]

it’s ironic that the quote “of course i lied… it’s poker.” came from a hand where Tony G bluffed with the goods. Tony G said multiple times that he hadnt looked at his cards (he did look but no one saw him) so that his opponent Phil Hellmuth would put all of his chips in the pot. It was like a bluff inside of a bluff.

[@KamranUllah-uw8ht]

That's great ....Thanks

[@KeltonTitan]

I wanna learn to play this original New Orleans poker

[@Mikey37289]

I love the Tony G quote

[@CrabbyOldLady]

"He called me with Jack high!!" (Old timers will remember that one, and so will James McManus)

[@KianD.Johnson]

What a quote

[@ottelf]

Nice animations

[@Dheeraj5373]

Poker origins are believed to stem from different card games in Europe and Asia, gradually morphing into the game we recognize today. The 19th-century United States played a pivotal role in its evolution, with poker gaining traction in various forms, from community games on riverboats to smoky saloons during the Gold Rush era. The game continued to evolve and gain popularity, especially in the 20th century, with variants like Texas Hold'em capturing the imagination of players worldwide. Nowadays online platforms popularize this game 😁. Do you think it's legal to play poker online, isn't it more like a gamble.

[@Shivas-cj7vr]

Professional hold'em players say it's 70% skill 30% luck. That's why they say you often see the top players at the same final table.

[@Dheeraj5373]

@@Shivas-cj7vr 🤔😑

[@PriKave]

fun fuct: term river (last round of betting) is called river because on the river pot is biggest so it was also most lucrative place for cheating if they catch someone they throw him in to to river(as mention was often played on the ships )

[@HibiscusFlowerFC]

As a professional poker player; I really appreciate this. Giving light to the great game known to man.

[@marymaidamilah4399]

4:35 Where have I heard this before?

[@AdamHirsch]

gone with the wind was mentioned in because of Winn-Dixie

[@Halloggg456]

great vid

[@LeeDanielCrocker]

Just a minor quibble: the video seems to imply that no-limit betting is a feature of Texas Hold'em or came about the same time. In fact no-limit betting was the original form of the game, limit betting coming later, but both still decades before Texas Hold'em.

[@vincentmarotta9800]

Texas Holdem taps in to humanity: 1. 80% skill, 20% luck 2. Understanding of psychology, and manipulation of it 3. Presentation vs. reality 4. High risk, high reward 5. Ego Texas Holdem has all of this, and so it's no wonder it's so popular.

[@infiniterer287]

70% luck 30% skill once all players know how to play.

[@ryanwakeling3658]

Is that the "dead man's hand" at 3:34?

[@danielmorawek6532]

Could someone please show the horse @3:51 to my arts teacher as evidence that I drew them anatomically accurate all along?