#Card Games

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Community cards, hole cards, and chips on a Texas hold'em table
Trends 2003–2006

Texas Hold'em Poker Boom

Chris Moneymaker's real name was actually Chris Moneymaker, and when the amateur accountant won $2.5 million at the 2003 World Series of Poker, every dorm and living room in America suddenly had a card table, a clay chip set, and a dream.

A spread Uno deck on a table, the red-oval UNO card back facing up
Tabletop Games 1971–present

Uno

Match the color or the number, hit your sister with a Draw Four, and scream "UNO!" before anyone catches you at one card. A barber's 1971 invention became the most contentious deck in the 90s family junk drawer—because every single household played by different rules.