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 7 cards dealt face down, no peek, & follow the queen wild card. I turn my cards over to try & beat the previous hi hand. I turn all 7 over, but can't beat the previous hand, but my last card is a queen.
Since I can't beat the previous hand & have to fold, is my queen still considered in play for the next card to be wild or not?
Answer This is the most common type of question I get here on AllExperts, a home game with a rules problem. Unfortunately it's also impossible for me to answer. With the standardized games like Hold em, Omaha, Stud, Draw, Razz and Pineapple there are never rules issues because the games have evolved into standardized forms that are universal with the same rules everywhere. In home games where people make up any game they like, there need to be house rules covering everything and that would be almost impossible to do because you can't think of everything.
My best advice is to play the standard games and you will find that poker actually becomes more fun as your understanding of the games develops.
I did ask a few people who play home games and the majority of them thought the next card should still be wild, but every house has it's own rules and if the house rules are different then those are the rules you must play by. It could certainly go either way and this is a perfect example of why "Dealer's Choice" games can be problematic.
