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Strip Poker
Strip poker is a poker variant where players remove articles of clothing when they lose bets.
Any kind or variety of poker can be played in a strip poker version. Strip poker sometimes starts with all players wearing the same number of articles of clothing, but the actual rules of strip poker are flexible. The one consistent aspect of strip poker is the removal of articles of clothing in place of or in addition to the betting aspects of other poker games. Like other adult party games, other activities besides removing clothing and playing cards might be involved. ("Truth or dare" type options are often included.) Strip poker is usually played as a variant of simpler poker variations with fewer betting rounds, like five card draw.
History
It has been suggested strip poker originated around the same time in New Orleans as original poker in the 19th century, played in local brothels. However, strip poker more likely began as a non-sexual game played as a prank among boys, and as late as the 1930s, the current co-ed version was specifically called "mixed strip poker" in England to differentiate it from the all-male, non-sexual variety.
On TV and video
Strip poker based television shows include:
* Tutti Frutti/Colpo Grosso (Germany/Italy
- 1990),
* Räsypokka (subTV - Finland - 2002),
* Strip! (RTL II - Germany - 1999),
* Everything Goes - (USA, 1981–1988).
* Strip Poker - (USA, 2000).
Other strip poker productions can be watched on pay per view or on DVD. These productions often feature all female players made up of pinup models. Examples of these include:
* National Lampoon's Strip Poker - 2005
* Strip Poker Invitational - 2005
Both of these examples featured Playboy models, World Wrestling Entertainment models and other pinup models in a no limit Texas Hold'em competition. National Lampoon's Strip Poker was filmed at the Hedonism II resort in Negril, Jamaica. Strip Poker Invitational productions were filmed in Las Vegas. Both productions aired on Pay-Per-View in 2005.
Computer games
The first Strip Poker computer game was written by the German game designer Dieter Eckhardt in the late 1970s using the computers of an astronomical observatory near Düsseldorf. Strip Poker computer games were produced from the earliest stages of video game production and have continued to be released, increasingly from pornospecialist distributors. (Credit: Wikipedia).