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 pokerxfactor.com, and I run a site for poker coaches at http://www.foxpoker.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. I run http://wwwfoxpoker.com I also work for PokerXFactor.com as a consultant and fixed-limit Hold Em expert.
Question Situation:
Two players in on a pot.
Player 1 raises 2,000 on the river. Player 2 was thinking whether to call or fold. At a certain point the dealer announced-time. When that time was up, the dealer gave Player 2 another 10 seconds to make a final decisionor extra time. At the end of the 10 seconds, Player 2 has not yet come to a desicion, and so the dealer decided to end the pot, forcing Player 2 to fold, and gave the money to Player 1.
Our question is, whether it was right of the dealer to give the money to Player 1 at the end of the time, Or what was to be done at that point in time?
Answer That is the correct decision. If you can not make a decision in time your hand is dead. This very rarely happens in cash games as the guy should really make up his mind rather than letting the dealer do it for him, but it does happen in tournaments sometimes. In a casino card room this is definitely the correct ruling and I urge players to always play under casino card room rules so that everything is standard.
