According to Wikipedia, card games have invented during the Tang dynasty in China in the 9th century AD. But I’m not going to rant here about the history of card games. You can easily find it on the internet. Rather, it’s my opinion on why people love to play card games or to be precise, why I love to play card games.
When we play the card game, we unknowingly play around with our
emotions, cognitive abilities, computational skills, and many more. While
playing, you have to compute all the 52 cards on your mind. You not only keep
the count on what is on your hands but also need to perform a shadow count of the
cards on your opponent's hand. There are few games that are dependent on the
factor of luck but most card games, especially the popular ones, require
exclusive computational skills. If you can remember all the 52 cards and their
positioning then you’re the sure winner.
Card games improve patience. You learn how to wait; wait for your turn
or wait when to place the right card to trump your opposition. With patience,
you learn to anticipate. You anticipate what will be the next move. You try to
gauge what your opponent's next move will be. Luck plays a part initially but
while playing you need to be careful about many things. You need to superfast
at counting cards, in your mind. And also need to do guesswork that which
opposition has what cards.
Card games are pure mathematics. In the film- 21, we’ve seen how a math
professor recruits 5 brilliant students and uses their skills to win billions
of dollars in Las Vegas.
Card games carry the burden of being a game associated with gambling. But in reality, all games can be fixed and gambled. So don’t curse the card games. I play the game because I find it really appealing to anticipate, calculate, guess, and wait. There are very few indoor games that rush my adrenaline like card games.
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