Jude Ainsworth a.k.a J.thaddeus in the well

BIGMICKG

Ok folks Jude has agreed to do a well so let the questioning begin!!
Oh and fanboys please dont harass him!

EDIT - Mod note, usual rules apply etc.

SpencerJames

1. Is it true that your better half Aisling plays all the major tourneys online for you??

2. Has being bald effected your play? I only ask Jude cause I know it has had a major impact on Noel Hayes.

Mullicker

describe your typical day grinding online:

What time do you start?
How many tournys do you play per day, whats the most tables you will play at any one time?
How do you keep motivated and concentrated whilst playing long hours?
How do you manage toilet breaks?
Accross how many sites do you typically play?


Oher q's:

How do you gain reads accross so many tables, do you use PT3 or HM? do you just become familiar with fellow online regulars games? Do you opr players?

Any Multitabling tips?

maloney333

When did you start playing poker? online-live?

Who do you think is the best mtt player you've player with? online-live?

How many mtt you play a week on average?

Do u play cash online? what level?

Cheers, fair play doing the well

KevIRL

Thanks for agreeing to do the Well Jude. Mick mentioned to me in Waterford you might do one, glad he talked you into it!

craigb

Is your sn on ipoker jude18(not 100% so said id ask)?

So i sat into the 20k gt $100 rebuy on ipoker wed night only to be stuck sitting next to you and again on final table thankfully to your left i went out in 8th just before yourself , just wanted to say wp and congrats on success;)

oh if you have any notes on me from tourney be glad to see them:D:D

LuckyLloyd

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kincsem

I read a book Outliers, the story of success by Malcolm Gladwell recently. He said experts need to put in about 10,000 hours before they become expert. Have you put in 10,000 hours?

Tight Ted

Do you play any cash games?

What's your living situation? Any desire to leave Ireland?

DrJFF

Thanks for doing this,

1.Wat is the biggest leak you see online tourney regs?

2. Strategy for rebuy tourneys?

3. How do you play a 20-30BB stack?

4. Which online regs are bad but run good/have decent results?

5. Best tourney player who's results don't match his ability?

6. Wer do you see yourself in 5fives?

7. Wat to you hope to achieve in 2010?

8. Wat goals did you set out at the start of 2009(if any)? have achieved them?

9. who is better online pro's or live ones? which do you consider yourself?

10. Toughest tourney online? Favorite online tourney?

11. Favorite site?

thats all i can think of now, mite have more, anyways again thanks for doing this

Ollieboy

How did you develop you're style of play?
What type of style of play do you find hardest to play back at or against?
When you came back for the final day in the SCOOP, did you have a strategy plan out?
You seem to have played very aggressive in the SCOOP, was this a major rush for you when you kept 3/4 betting Pearljammer etc?
What rules did you use for bankroll management before you're big cash?

WP on a great 2 years of results.

Davewolf

Jude

Who is your favourite casino manager and why am I ?

DC

strewelpeter

Thanks for taking the time to do this Jude.

In the first three levels of a multi day live tournament will you take a known race for all your chips?

Do you multitable MTT's ?

Do you keep notes, if so can you tell us a bit about how you use them

Do you use any software tools like HEM PT?

Do you play many other sites besides stars?

Have you done any training replay videos with commentary of your big games?

What kind of hours do you keep?`

You finish fifth on a significant final table, how do you feel ?

j10spades

best/worst things you can do at the table?eg ipod,sunglasses,focus

best image to have at the table in a standard tourney live/online midway/late on?

do you think players have different tendencies between online and live?are they expoitable?

fondest memory from the game over the years?

thought i'd throw a few in,thanks for doing this!!

toHex

you must have a really good IT guy looking after your set up?

[] Yes

Duff Man Jr.

During one of the first hands at the wcoop final table Pearljammer 4 bet, you 5 bet and he folded (maybe 3 and 4 bet), both of ye had air. Had you some sort of timing/sizing tell? Or can you tell us your thought process?

Thanks

BigToad

when you get the ftops jersey on your fulltilt avatar are you still able to pick one of the normal avatars or can you only be the ftops one from then on?

BigCityBanker

- How many ships make a sheep?
- If you could only play 5 tournies a week which ones would they be?
- your biggest weakness is?
- what is the sound of one hand clapping?
- top regular players in your games are?
- what makes you uncomfortable at the table? i.e. another player having position? stack sizes etc.
- what/who has been the biggest influence on your career?
- how long does it take to walk backwards into eternity?
- did you have a poker epiphany - did you just one day realise 'ah, so thats how i should be doing it'?
- Having invested so much time into academia do you ever feel sorry that you have left it behind?
- Do you tilt? how do you cure it?

ZZR1100

1 without a big score do you think playing tourneys is profitable long term?
2 have yourself and derek any profit sharing deal?
3 What is your gameplan in the various stages of a tournament early/mid/late
4 whats the bmw like on petrol
5 why did rooneydives stop playing (any1)

nicnicnic

How big an influence has Fintan " the godfather of soul " Gavin had on your poker career.

Putt these Galway players in order of how you rate them as players; Pat Callahan, Dave Curtis, Silky, Keith McFadden, Derek Murry, Fintan.

When I hear the terms " getting it quietly ", " most underrated player " one player always springs to mind for me; would you agree ( hint, he can fling a seven iron 100 yards )

You have a PHD ( in bio-chemistry ? ), reckon you'll ever use it.

Isn't it about time mr Rizla hit that six figure score; he gets there so often, is he doing something wrong deep or just running bad late.

Whats the most someone tried to nip you for after your scoop touch.

the hand i remember from your scoop win was when you double floated a guy and then took the pot on the river, can you go through your thought process for that hand.

Good Luck in the well and thanks for taking the time.

Samoa Joe

Cheers for doing this Jude.

Would you swap your SCOOP win for a WSOP event with a smaller prize?

Who do you think will be the next big thing from Ireland?

Why do you think there is such a strong pool of talent currently in Galway?

Who would you rather be Nicky Power or Flipper Walsh?

big_iain

toHex wrote: »

you must have a really good IT guy looking after your set up?

[] Yes

What is your IT setup?

what huds/ trakkers do you use?


Have you really forgiven NickyOD's 'your bubble is gonna burst' comment?



gl with well.

Headspace

Do you put alot of faith in feel opposed to thinking about a hand logically and breaking it down.
Dose one suit cash (feel/logic) and one suit tourneys?
Do you play cash if so what games stakes and how do you fare?
Name the top five things that make you a successful player.

BIGMICKG

I didnt give Jude much notice before putting this up. He said hell be on tomorrow anyway

Lazare

Yeah, but how much did you LOSE?

dannydiamond

I listened to your interview after your wcoop win,you came across well btw but did you want to punch Gerry Ryan as much as I wanted you to?

j.thaddeus

Is it true that your better half Aisling plays all the major tourneys online for you??

2. Has being bald effected your play? I only ask Jude cause I know it has had a major impact on Noel Hayes.

ya it true only while i m in the jax though

being bald i reckon has to give me an edge hoping to lose the rest of it by the end of the year

j.thaddeus

describe your typical day grinding online:

What time do you start?
How many tournys do you play per day, whats the most tables you will play at any one time?
How do you keep motivated and concentrated whilst playing long hours?
How do you manage toilet breaks?
Accross how many sites do you typically play?


Oher q's:

How do you gain reads accross so many tables, do you use PT3 or HM? do you just become familiar with fellow online regulars games? Do you opr players?

Any Multitabling tips?

i register for most mtt $50 and above on ps ft paddyp and party for 6-9 p.m
6 on stars, 3-4 on ft 3 on pp and 3 on party, sundays of course are a lot busier. can have up to 16 or 17 tables going at once on a sunday.

money motivates me and the buzz i get out of winning a tourney

there is usually some1 playing with me or ash would step in to give me a chance to go to the toilet. if not i run

j.thaddeus

When did you start playing poker? online-live?

Who do you think is the best mtt player you've player with? online-live?

How many mtt you play a week on average?

Do u play cash online? what level?

Cheers, fair play doing the well

started a game in my house about 2004 played once or twice a week until i discovered the internet about a 12-18 months later. the house game was more or less forgotten about after that.

the players i looked up to when i started to play a lot online were sorel mizzi, annette obrestad and isaac baron. still think there all top class players and am sure each one of them will continue to have great results

if i play 5 days incl. sunday your talking about 80-90 tourneys

i play very little cash games, the last time i played 1 was 3-4 months ago and i only played a few hours 3 or 4 tables 6-handed $5-10

j.thaddeus

is your sn on ipoker jude18(not 100% so said id ask)?

So i sat into the 20k gt $100 rebuy on ipoker wed night only to be stuck sitting next to you and again on final table thankfully to your left i went out in 8th just before yourself , just wanted to say wp and congrats on success

oh if you have any notes on me from tourney be glad to see them

ya, remember playing against u alright, cheers
i dont think i took any notes on u.

j.thaddeus

Thanks for taking the time out to do this.

- What did you do before poker? Could you / would you ever go back to it?
- Generally speaking, how accepting do you find your family / friends / relatives are of the fact that you play poker and consistently win at it?
- Could you talk a little about the differences in standard / playing tendencies between live tournament fields in Ireland / the rest of the world?
- Do you talk about hands with other players much as a learning tool, or do you prefer to work through it on your own?
- Do you find forums like this or 2 + 2 useful as a tool to improve your game?

Cheers.

graduated from college in oct 08 after finishing a PhD in biochemistry. never got round to actually looking for a job. would definitely not rule it out of the picture. if the cards took a turn for the worst or i got seriously board with them i could see myself going back to science

my wife has supported me right from the start. her parents and mine weren't
as supportive until they realized how much i was winning

i dont play a huge amount of live so am unable to give u a good answer for that q. when i travel abroad to play tournaments the buy-in is usually quite high. when i play in ireland my average buy-in would be about 500. so it is difficult to compare the 2.

myself my brother and a few of my friends that play never shut up about poker discussing hands ,suck outs and bad beats. i think it s a great tool for improving your game .

dont use forums, probably should i m sure there is plenty of useful information on them

j.thaddeus

in case there is any confusion about what i said in an earlier quote about always
people playing with me. what i meant is my friends regularly come to my house and play for the night on their on accounts.

j.thaddeus

I read a book Outliers, the story of success by Malcolm Gladwell recently. He said experts need to put in about 10,000 hours before they become expert. Have you put in 10,000 hours?

i would reckon i must be close if not over the 10000 hrs u talk about. but the 10000 hrs i played could be like 40 or 50 k for someone else considering the number of tables i play.

j.thaddeus

Do you play any cash games?

What's your living situation? Any desire to leave Ireland?

live with my wife and 2 kids happy where i am, no intension of going anywhere at the moment. cant see that changing unless they bring in some sort of tax.

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

1. Why did you have to have a higher 2 pair to almost knock me out of the Venetian last year when i thought i was trapping you :pac:
2. How do you find the online vs live scenario
3. How did you actually feel the next morning after you scooped the $1MILL

Mellor

What's the worst hand you ever played?

j.thaddeus

Thanks for doing this,

1.Wat is the biggest leak you see online tourney regs?

2. Strategy for rebuy tourneys?

3. How do you play a 20-30BB stack?

4. Which online regs are bad but run good/have decent results?

5. Best tourney player who's results don't match his ability?

6. Wer do you see yourself in 5fives?

7. Wat to you hope to achieve in 2010?

8. Wat goals did you set out at the start of 2009(if any)? have achieved them?

9. who is better online pro's or live ones? which do you consider yourself?

10. Toughest tourney online? Favorite online tourney?

11. Favorite site?

thats all i can think of now, mite have more, anyways again thanks for doing this

1. biggest leak pushing too many bb

2. i always double rebuy at the start. am usually willing to gamble with 10 s or better. will gamble with aq near break and always willing to put it in with ak
in the smaller rebuy will gamble with any 2

3. 20-30 bb will still raise with any cards within my range and have a cont. bet. reraise with jj qq kk aa ak. will fc with all the other pp. usually flat w aq. 20 bb is the most i am willing to lose with 10s or aq. willing to gamble 30 bb w ak sometimes jj depending on the player.

5. any regular in the 100-r on stars that has nt had a big score would fall into that category i think its the toughest regular tourney online. so if any1 can hold ther own it that they deserve a big 1

6. if by 5's u mean pocket 5's i would like to be able to stay in the top 100

7.would like to win another major live tourney

8. to pay my mortgage off and yes

9. i think online 1 s are better but i would be bias

10.100-r . fav -sunday 500 on stars

11. stars

j.thaddeus

How did you develop you're style of play?
What type of style of play do you find hardest to play back at or against?
When you came back for the final day in the SCOOP, did you have a strategy plan out?
You seem to have played very aggressive in the SCOOP, was this a major rush for you when you kept 3/4 betting Pearljammer etc?
What rules did you use for bankroll management before you're big cash?

WP on a great 2 years of results.

i gradually developed my style from learning from my mistakes and watching what some of the top players were doing.
hate playing against maniacs
my plan was to play my stack. when i could afford to pull moves without crippling myself i did.
i knew most of the players on the ft and knew alot of them reraise light so when i thought the time was right i popped them back. the deep stacks we were playing made this easy.
i was never too good at managing my bankroll once played the 100-r with $200 in my acc. thankfully i got a bit better at managing it now

j.thaddeus

Jude

Who is your favourite casino manager and why am I ?

DC

lol

j.thaddeus

Thanks for taking the time to do this Jude.

In the first three levels of a multi day live tournament will you take a known race for all your chips?

Do you multitable MTT's ?

Do you keep notes, if so can you tell us a bit about how you use them

Do you use any software tools like HEM PT?

Do you play many other sites besides stars?

Have you done any training replay videos with commentary of your big games?

What kind of hours do you keep?`

You finish fifth on a significant final table, how do you feel ?

definitely not

yes

i take alot notes on players. if i m ever in a hand against a player i have a note on, it along with stats i have on the player as well as how the betting went during the hand help me come to a decision

HEM

ps ft pp and party

no

start at 6 play till between 12 and 4 the later the better

it always hurts to be knocked out but as long as i did nt make a mistake i usually get over it quick

j.thaddeus

best/worst things you can do at the table?eg ipod,sunglasses,focus

best image to have at the table in a standard tourney live/online midway/late on?

do you think players have different tendencies between online and live?are they expoitable?

fondest memory from the game over the years?

thought i'd throw a few in,thanks for doing this!!

best thing u can do is give the players the total wrong opinion of your game. if your tight its going to benefit u if they the opposite eventually they cop, but it can take a while. worst thing is only paying attention to hands u play-watch every single hand

i always try to give the image i m tight. nobody falls for it ireland because there is usually a few players at the table who know me and my style. but when i play abroad i m usually unknown.

5 betting pearljammer with 88

j.thaddeus

During one of the first hands at the wcoop final table Pearljammer 4 bet, you 5 bet and he folded (maybe 3 and 4 bet), both of ye had air. Had you some sort of timing/sizing tell? Or can you tell us your thought process?

i knew he was capable of doing it with air and i could afford to 5 bet him and not do too much damage to my stack. i had already decided that if he flatted me i was nt going to put another chip in the pot without a set

TripleAce

You mention you use Hold'em Manager...what fetures do you use the most for tourneys? Do you also use HUD, and if yes what stats you think are the most important for tourneys?

Thanks and good luck!

YULETIRED

Hello Jude and IrlKev, (feel free to ignore or answer these, I'm just bored)
2. What are the big events you are going to play in the next 12 months. Online/Live
3. How do you manage your tilt control?
4. When you get down to 10 BB or less in a Tournament, do you have a shoving range or ATC?
5. The biggest tells you've seen LIVE and online
6. What is the sound of one hand slapping the head off BCB (Noel Hayes)
7. PHD? Very nice, Tell me is Actimel any fking use at all, I keep buying the stuff but it makes me want to puke most of the time, especially after a feed of beer and some pigs feet.
8. Give us some examples of how you can possibly use your PHD if you persist with this poker playing lark?
9. Which would make the most money, a cure for baldness or a cure for ginger. (Just realised the 1st one
Cured BCB of the 2nd one )
10 Which of the MR Men best describes your personality.

1. BigmickGs jewellery sometimes blinds me in a well lit poker room. How do you feel about sunglasses in live poker.
(It's not as silly as wearing them playing online though as you can trip over the coffee table, found that out the hard way)

Irish Iron

1. what were the first games you played online, did you jump straight into mtts or build a roll with sngs?

2. what set up do you use to play ie how many monitors or just a laptop?

3. worst ever misclick?

j.thaddeus

you must have a really good IT guy looking after your set up?

[x] Yes

j.thaddeus

when you get the ftops jersey on your fulltilt avatar are you still able to pick one of the normal avatars or can you only be the ftops one from then on?

tried changing it there, could nt

kincsem

1. Describe your computer(s). Is it turf fired?
2. What happens if the children want to hear a bedtime story? Do you tell them a bad beat story?
3. Why are Galway players so lucky? :rolleyes:
4. Are you always interested in playing poker / or do you get bored with it?
5. Do you have starting hands you hate (good hands but not for you)?

Kalashnikov_Kid

Hi Jude,

- Why is Stars your fav site?

- (Serious question here) - do you have any personal techinques in trying to control your breathing/BPM when you're playing live? - do you use yoga or any other holistic methods? Any breathing techniques?

- Do you have any general advice for controlling that rush of adrenolin during play in order to minimise tells?

Thanks.

BuChan

congrats on your results, very impressive.

have you ever come across sckill (stars) or sckilla (fulltilt)? if so how did you find his play?

obv you change gears as tournaments progress and considering your table etc. but overall would you say you more often employ and TAG or LAG strategy in the early to mid stages of a large field tournament when stacks are still 30/40bb+?

j.thaddeus

How many ships make a sheep?
- If you could only play 5 tournies a week which ones would they be?
- your biggest weakness is?
- what is the sound of one hand clapping?
- top regular players in your games are?
- what makes you uncomfortable at the table? i.e. another player having position? stack sizes etc.
- what/who has been the biggest influence on your career?
- how long does it take to walk backwards into eternity?
- did you have a poker epiphany - did you just one day realise 'ah, so thats how i should be doing it'?
- Having invested so much time into academia do you ever feel sorry that you have left it behind?
- Do you tilt? how do you cure it?

the 100-r on ft and pp, sunday 500 on ps and the 500 high rollers on party and pp

i can accumulate large stacks and spew in a few hands

moorman, andy mc leod, shaundeeb and gboro780

an aggressive or maniac player to my left

since i won the ipc i haven't looked back it gave me the bankroll to play the tourneys i want to. after that i decided to play full time

no epiphany just continually adjusted my game things that worked i incorporated into my game, things that were costing me chips or regularly knocking me out i kept to a minimum

at the moment i m really enjoying playing poker so not sorry about turning my back on science. i ll always have my qualification so if things take a turn for the worst i ve got a back up plan

i rarely tilt, when i do i find the best is just take a 5 or 10 min break sit out if you have to