Poker
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Poker is about making the best possible 5 card hand from a valid combination available to the player. The scoring hands are as follows. #l: "poker_hands" A straight is when all the cards are consecutive with Ace being either high or low. A flush requires 5 cards all of the same suit. A fullhouse is 3 of a kind and a pair combined. Poker at the MSO is usually pot limit. This means that the maximum raise is the size of all the money in the middle after you have called. Anybody can correct an overbid not just those still in the hand. At a players turn there are five options check (this is when a player needs to pay no more chips in order to stay in the hand) this can be done by knocking the table. Call, if another player has increased the amount of chips. This means that a player has to match the amount (or put in all their chips if this is a smaller amount) in order to stay in the hand. If a player does not w
You can find out about opportunities to play Poker live at Poker. Please report any external links that have broken or have changed to contain inappropriate material. More information about how tournament play works can be found in Using Clocks and MSO Rules.
MSO Poker Champions
| Year | Name | Country | Flag | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Dario De Tofoli | Italy |  |
Amateur World Champion |
| 2007 | Martyn Hamer | England |  |
Amateur World Champion |
| 2006 | Martyn Hamer | England | |
Amateur World Champion |
| 2005 | George Miller | England | |
Amateur World Champion |
| 2004 | Matthew Cordell | England | |
Amateur World Champion |
| 2003 | Tim Brown | England | |
Amateur World Champion |
| 2002 | Kevin Stebbing | England | |
Amateur World Champion |
| 2001 | Michael A. Wellby | England | |
Amateur World Champion |
| 2000 | Carl Nilsson | Sweden |  |
Amateur World Champion |
| 1999 | Gary Lee | England | |
Amateur World Champion |
| 1998 | Gary Lee | England | |
Amateur World Champion |
Full results and other winners can be found in Results.
MSO Poker Ranked Players:
GRANDMASTER:
Gary Lee
Martyn Hamer
INTERNATIONAL MASTER:
George Miller
Kenneth Ho
Kevin Stebbing
CANDIDATE MASTER:
Alexander Baron
External Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series_of_Poker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker