In the Well with Jude Ainsworth aka J.Thaddeus

[thaddeus]

after my scoop win i paid off my mortgage  and bought myself a bmw.
plan on playing as much nl events as i can fit in, i have my seat already for the main event
very seldom play cash games when i do usually 5-10   6-handed
i know breeth has had some huge results but i would nt be a big fan of a lot of his plays
gboro & annette i think are some of the best players online

[thaddeus]

check raise management set up this well for me, i signed up with them 5-6 weeks ago
i think when the blinds and antes start to get big i have my edge

[thaddeus]

500f
CRM are agents, there job is to get the me best sponorship deal that suits

[thaddeus]

you hit 2 of them the 3rd would be my shortstack game
what makes me uncomfortable would be good players having position on me and using it well

[Dewi_cool]

Hi Jude,

you mentioned earlier that you played quite tight early on in online tourneys, I imagine some of your starting hands would be dependant on position (or would you disregard any holding). What range of hands would you be raising/calling with in early on in a tourney?

cheers for doing this

Bain taithneamh as an deireadh seachtaine

[byronkincaid]

i googled check raise management cos i had never heard of them. some stuff they have presumably put out as press releases regarding your stable mate sammy george

His success on the felt shows in the nearly $3 million he has won in the past year.

Sammy is a massive cash winner in the biggest game outside Europe.

Sammy George — a high stakes specialist based in London who is thought to have won $3 million in live cash games

this is the sammy george who showed the world on the poker den cash game thing that he is a huge fish right? your manager is saying he has won 3 mill in the past year in the biggest cash game outside europe which presumably is the big game at the bellagio?

something doesn't seem quite right about this....

anyway congrats on your big scores. I have been playing mostly cash for the past 3 years but I feel like it's time to get back into tourneys, what should I be reading/watching/learning to get up to speed on current MTT's?

cheers

[GreekStein]

Ya lol Sammy probably has the most exploitable style Ive ever seen

[sledge13]

 

[Colchester Kev]

Read OP ... Jude is in Vegas.

[thaddeus]

Hi Jude,

you mentioned earlier that you played quite tight early on in online tourneys, I imagine some of your starting hands would be dependant on position (or would you disregard any holding). What range of hands would you be raising/calling with in early on in a tourney?

cheers for doing this

Bain taithneamh as an deireadh seachtaine


in the early stages  i would raise from any position with a 10 or better, kj, kq or any pocket pair.
my range for calling would be any pocket pair aq or better. sometimes with ajs or kqs when in position

[thaddeus]

as for sammy george i cant comment, i know absolutely nothing about him never seen him play

i m not a big reader of books but did read pearljammers,rizen and apestyles. found apestyles section very good. i would also recommend watching the replays the ps  i.e million and scoop

[Josedinho]

Do you sleep with one pillow or two? If two, when you are flipping the pillow to get the cool side do you flip just the top pillow or both at once?

[AlexMartin]

what was the reason for your huge improvement over the last couple of years?

how did you accelerate your learning in order to crush some of the toughest comps in the world right now?

[sledge13]

Read OP ... Jude is in Vegas.

 

[TightEnd]

Buy In   $1,500       
Game   No Limit Hold'em     
Date   16-Jun-09     
Number of Entries   2,095   

99   Ainsworth, Jude   $3,631   Count Galway   Ireland


A good start? disappointing? how did it go?