Why is 1 in playing cards represented by a?

1. Usually, we regard "A" in poker as "1", that is to say, "A" is the first card in all cards, the largest card in the whole deck and the highest card.

2.a is the first letter of the English alphabet, which means first. Therefore, 1 in poker should be represented by A. In most poker games abroad, A is the biggest, and the landlord 2 in China is bigger than A, but poker was invented abroad, that is to say, A is bigger and A is bigger than K.

Extended data:

The early playing cards were introduced to Europe from Egypt at the end of 14.

In the15th century, K was usually considered as the biggest card, while A was the smallest card. The way to regard A as the largest and 2 as the smallest now may have started after the French Revolution at the end of18th century.

JOKER was invented by Americans and later sent back to Europe with poker.

Poker has a long history. People only know that poker originated in foreign countries and Europe. In fact, paper toys originated in China.

As early as the beginning of the week, the young man and his younger brother once played the game of "cutting tung leaves into reeds" in the palace. Paper had not been invented at that time, so leaves were used as toys. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, our ancestors invented a kind of playing card, which can be used for both games and gambling, and is called "Ye Zi Xi".

It is also said that General Han Xin invented a card for entertainment in the army in order to alleviate the homesickness of soldiers. Because it is only the size of a leaf, it is called Yezixi. From bachelor of arts to ordinary people, they are always happy. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "Ye Zi Xi" had 40 cards in each deck, which were divided into 4 categories. There are many patterns on the card, including people, birds, animals, flowers, birds, insects, fish and so on.

From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, playing cards were about 8 cm long and 2 cm wide, so people called them playing cards. Before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, card gambling was still popular in Chaoshan area, and the gameplay gradually diversified from simple arrangement. Each card is printed with numbers ranging from 1 to 10, or 32 words such as "handsome, official, photograph and car" in chess, and 64 cards of bonus, green, black, white and * * * are arranged for gambling. Two or four people bet.

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