In the Well with Jude Ainsworth aka J.Thaddeus

[TightEnd]

Jude Ainsworth aka  j.thaddeus capped off a memorable Spring with a runner-up spot in the PokerStars $109 Rebuy on Sunday the 7th June 2009. Jude amazingly had won the same event on the 1st June and 31st May, rounding off a three week ‘heater ‘accumulating prize winnings of over $1.3m including of course the SCOOP Main Event for nearly $1m.

Here is a summary of his recent results:

DATE  BUY-IN  ENTRANTS  POSITION  PAYOUT $  SITE
 
07/06/2009  109+  504  2  17700  PokerStars
 
01/06/2009  109+  225  1  10517  PokerStars
 
31/05/2009  109+  234  1  15539  PokerStars
 
29/05/2009  109    459  3    5250  PokerStars
 
12/04/2009  10300 502  1  963338  PokerStars SCOOP Main event
 
12/05/2009  322    911  1  54000  Full Tilt FTOPS Event 13 6-max shootout

03/05/2009  500    133  3  6750    PartyPoker
 
In the live arena, Jude, who hails from Galway, won the Party Poker Irish Championship for $212,000 in 2008  


Jude has this week joined blonde as "Thaddeus". He travels to Vegas on Saturday but will be around on this thread for the next week to answer questions for blondes, and hopefully impart some knowledge as to the secrets behind his successes.

[TightEnd]

Jude Ainsworth after winning the Irish Open

[TightEnd]

over to you guys.....

[Colchester Kev]

Hey Jude.

[celtic]

don't be so sad... Kev

[I KNOW IT]

Dont be afraid

[ACE2M]

if we took a sad song, how could we make it better?

[George2Loose]

OK I'll ruin this amazing thread by actually asking a credible question:

How long have you been playing for and what adjustments do you make when you play live as opposed to online?

[celtic]

nah, nah nah na na na, na na na....

Anyway, time to be serious for a minute.

Have you ever been to craggy island? 

Have you ever had a sick spin up? If so how sick?

Who do you look up to in the poker world?

[Colchester Kev]

Which gives you the biggest buzz after winning, live or online ?

Do you use the chat box when playing online or do you ignore it ?

[boldie]

Is there any point in playing the Sunday Million and Warm-up on stars or would you say it's much better to play a $100/$200 freeze out at any other stage during the week as the number of entries in the Mill and Warm up is simply ridiculous?

[TightEnd]

What do you put your recent run of form down to? Any major adjustments to your game that lie behind it?

What are your WSOP plans?

How long have you been playing? What games did you start in and how did this progress?

[thaddeus]

i have been playing just over 5 years did nt play much at the start until i discovered online games.
when i play online i play multiple tourneys on multiple sites which means alot of tables at the start so i generally play fairly tight to begin with, then loosen up the deeper i get.
i dont play too much live poker, when i do i probably play a few more hands than i usually would at the start. more importantly i try to watch every hand played at the table and gather as much information about each player to help me make a decision when i get involved in a hand against them. this is generally not possible when i multi table   

[thaddeus]

i think Annette is great player but andy mclouds would probably be my favorite  online player

[thaddeus]

the biggest buzz i every got from winning was the ipc 2008. this was my 1st major tournament win and it was done in my home town in front of all my friends and family.

i rarely use the chat box,  most of the time i don't see whats printed, when i do i frequently have too many tables up to be able to reply