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Line 2: − − ==Poker in history== − [[England|English]] king [[Edward II]] was alleged to have been [[Death penalty|executed]] by poker. − [[category:games]]
removed myth - edward was asphyxiated, and the poker story invented some 2 centuries later.
A poker is also the name given to a [[metal]] stick, often ornate, that was used to rearrange (literally poke) coals or wood when fires still burned solid fuels. Since the widespread usage of [[gas]] and [[electric fires]], they are now seen as being more decorative than functional.
A poker is also the name given to a [[metal]] stick, often ornate, that was used to rearrange (literally poke) coals or wood when fires still burned solid fuels. Since the widespread usage of [[gas]] and [[electric fires]], they are now seen as being more decorative than functional.