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04-05-2004, 12:12 AM

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Does anybody know where the origin of the word "boat" came from when describing a full house?

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04-05-2004, 12:23 AM

Mason Malmuth Mason Malmuth is offline

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Hi wildwoods:

My guess is that it probably came from the Mississippi river boats which was the home of poker in the early 1800s.

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