2016 - Cameroon 2500 CFA Queen of Clubs - Proof

Royal Poker: Queen of Clubs

• flawless .999 sterling silver!
• extremely limited mintage!
• great gift idea for art lovers!
  
• elegant presentation case for the entire collection – ready to be hung on a wall or displayed as a frame

Playing cards were invented in the 10th century in Imperial China. Today they are produced all over the world, and everybody knows the rules of at least one card game. POKER is the most popular one, played in the salons of noble society and in the casinos. It is hard to imagine that this game has been evolving for over 1000 years! Among the many international poker tournaments the most important one is the World Series of Poker – the largest poker tournament by prize pool in history.

The Royal Poker set is a result of an ingenious idea of transferring the card images on precious metals! Without doubt this outstanding collection will become the object of desire among the most demanding collectors in the world!

More in this series:

• KING OF CLUBS – divine Zeus, the king of gods and people
  
• QUEEN OF CLUBS – charming Aphrodite – the goddess of love and beauty
  
• JACK OF CLUBS – Jason with the Golden Fleece (the symbol of pursuit, efforts and sense)
  

Poker is a family of card games involving betting and individual play, whereby the winner is determined by the ranks and combinations of their cards, some of which remain hidden until the end of the game. Poker games vary in the number of cards dealt, the number of shared or "community" cards and the number of cards that remain hidden. The betting procedures vary among different poker games in such ways as betting limits and splitting the pot between a high hand and a low hand.

In most modern poker games, the first round of betting begins with one of the players making some form of a forced bet (the blind and/or ante). In standard poker, each player is betting that the hand he or she has will be the highest ranked. The action then proceeds clockwise around the table and each player in turn must either match the maximum previous bet or fold, losing the amount bet so far and all further interest in the hand. A player who matches a bet may also "raise," or increase the bet. The betting round ends when all players have either matched the last bet or folded. If all but one player fold on any round, then the remaining player collects the pot and may choose to show or conceal their hand. If more than one player remains in contention after the final betting round, the hands are revealed and the player with the winning hand takes the pot. With the exception of initial forced bets, money is only placed into the pot voluntarily by a player who, at least in theory, rationally believes the bet has positive expected value. Thus, while the outcome of any particular hand significantly involves chance, the long-run expectations of the players are determined by their actions chosen on the basis of probability, psychology and game theory.

Poker has gained in popularity since the beginning of the twentieth century, and has gone from being primarily a recreational activity confined to small groups of enthusiasts, to a widely popular spectator activity with international audiences and multi-million dollar tournament prizes. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker)