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The development of poker is linked to the historical movement that also saw the invention of commercial gambling. English actor Chelsea Poker reported that the game was played in New Orleans in 1829, with a deck of 20 cards, and four players betting on which player's hand was the most valuable.
1 The earliest references in print to the sandwich are New Yorkâbased but that is not conclusive evidence, though the fact that the earliest, from a 1926 edition of Theatre Magazine, references a Reuben special, does seem to take its cue from Arnold Reuben's menu.ne account holds that Reuben Kulakofsky (sometimes spelled Reubin, or the last name shortened to Kay), a Lithuanian-born grocer residing in Omaha, Nebraska, was the inventor perhaps as part of a group effort by members of Kulakofsky's weekly poker game held in the Blackstone Hotel from around 1920 through 1935.