AboutChris Expertise I am a professional poker player and game theory expert. I can answer almost any question related to poker, from your local home game to winning big tournaments or playing at a casino. I am the head cash game instructor at pokrxfactor.com, co-editor of blindstraddle magazine at blindstraddle.com, give lessons (I'm usually booked at least two weeks ahead of time) and I know a little about the online poker affiliate business as well.
Experience I've been playing poker for a living for 4 years, and have written about the subject extensively. I have sold articles to places like twoplustwo.com and Deal magazine, and I write a monthly column called The Online Fox in Poker Pro Magazine and Poker Pro Europe. I run a poker magazine at www.blindstraddle.com and a rakeback site at www.pokerwhip.com.
Education/Credentials I've read the books, talked to the old timers, and done my time at the tables. That's all the education a poker player gets. I own over 100 poker books and have read them all at least once.
Awards and Honors "Best Article" award on pocketfives.com for 2005 for my bankroll management article. All my other "awards" have been in cash, and I've already spent them. Poker isn't about trophies, it's about money.
Many major tournament wins online.
Past/Present clients Too many to list. My poker coaching site has 600 paying members and I have at least 10 private students per week. I also work for RealPokerTraining.com as a consultant and fixed-limit Hold Em expert.
Question blinds 500 1000 2 guys call big blind comes to big blind he only has 400 left he goes all in it cost other guys 400 now to call can they reraise since the big blinds raise was only 400 not 1000 since they just called pre flop did not raise?
Answer The problem is earlier in the hand than that. Any player who had more chips than the 400 must call the 1,000 that the blinds posted. Those are live bets, and and they have to call at least the 41,000 or fold unless they are are short on chips and go all-in for less than that. Any player with enough chips may raise the blinds as well. The all-in player has no effect on the players to act after him in this case, they act just as if he had folded.
