The first player then looks at his cards. There are four players, and each player gets five cards, dealt to the right. “The game of As is exactly like Poker, but without any flushes or sequences.
In 1895, for example, General Albert Houtum-Schindler had the following to say about the game of “As-Nas”:
During much of its established history, most authorities assumed that the game of poker had an ancient and Persian origin.
