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 Hi chris, i have a question about a situation. If there's a pair of aces, a pair 8's, and Q on the board, i have J10 in my hand, and my wife has J9 in her hand, who wins
Answer Well... She probably wins because she's your wife, but according to standardized rules it is a tie and you split the pot. In fact if someone else was in the pot with 23 they would also get a part of the pot.
The rule is that you make your best five card hand. In this case the best hand that you an make with J10 is two pair, aces and eights, with a queen kicker. Your hole cards can not improve the board. She can make the same hand as her best hand, so you would split the pot. The 23 can even make the same hand.
If an opponent held a king in his or her hand then they would be able to improve the board by making two pair with a king kicker, so they would win the pot.
