Texas Hold 'Em;

[Mullins, Bill]

Texas Hold 'Em and Hold 'Em are not in the OED.  (Hold 'Em shows up in
1985 in the entry for Omaha, a poker variant).

Hold em

"World Series of Poker Underway" (AP) Pennsylvania | Indiana | Indiana
Evening Gazette | 1972-05-18 p. 22 col 6.
"The game is called "Hold-em," a variation of seven card stud."

[The first Dallas Morning News cite is the same wire service article,
run on May 19]


Texas Hold 'Em

[advertisement for the Palace Club]
Nevada | Reno | Reno Evening Gazette | 1975-08-14 p. 39 col 2.
"Presenting The 1st Annual Texas Hold-Em Tournament Freeze Out"


'... And you don't drink whiskey' (UPI)
Chicago Tribune; Feb 25, 1973; pg. 3 Col 1.
"The game is hold-em poker, Texas-style, and don't drink whiskey, only
coffee or seltzer water to keep the mind clear, says Amarillo Slim."