Longtime PocketFives member and contributor Jack King (Jaybone2315, pictured) can not only be found in the Off Topic threads of PocketFives with close to 50,000 posts, but also grinding on the virtual felts of New Jersey.

King is well known for his sense of humor when posting comments and starting threads and has done some work playing poker as well. He has over $40,000 in recorded online cashes, which includes two wins in the PartyPoker/Borgata Poker $10,000 Guarantee and two wins in the network’s $5,000 Guarantee.

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PocketFives: Tell us your story of how you got started in poker.

Jack King: Like most of us, it was right after the Chris Moneymaker win. I actually wasn’t that into it, but my brothers kept wanting to play, so I eventually gave in and played a few times. I ended up realizing that I wasn’t so bad at it, so I started to play more. But, unlike most people, I lived like 45 minutes from Atlantic City so I played more live than I did online. I never really played online much at all. Even when living in Philadelphia, I would leave class and then hop on the train to Atlantic City. I only played online occasionally to take shots at MTTs.

PocketFives: Is there any meaning behind your screen name?

Jack King: When I was like 14, my friends and I were about to play some old school first-person shooter game on the computer. We had to make screen names before we could play against each other. We knew some dude around town who went by the name “T-Bone”. I jokingly made my screen name “J-Bone” and it stuck.

Then, I needed to make a screen name for AOL/AIM and “J-Bone” and “Jaybone” were taken. I was wearing a pair of Jordan XVs that day and on the back of the shoe it had the numbers “23.6.15”. So, I looked down and picked the 23 and 15 (“Jaybone2” and “Jaybone23” were also taken, so I just made it four numbers). And there you have it.

PocketFives: What are your favorite New Jersey online poker sites to play and why?

Jack King: I don’t really have a favorite, but I mostly play on PartyPoker/Borgata Poker by default since they have the best/biggest MTT schedule.

PocketFives: What has been your most memorable cash or win on the New Jersey sites?

Jack King: Even though it wasn’t for the most money, it has to be the first time I won the Party $10,000 Guarantee. I had gotten close a bunch of times, including multiple final tables. I finally broke through and shipped it and it felt good. I made the final table of one of the Party $100,000 Guarantees, but the win in my first $10,000 Guarantee still beats it.

PocketFives: To what do you attribute your success playing online poker?

Jack King: Even though I was having success prior to teaming up with these guys, I have to give some credit to Gags30 and doubledave22. Those guys have been my coaches since January and they are way better at poker than me. Being able to go over entire tournament hand histories with them and constantly discussing random hand histories as soon as they happen is great. The small leaks they pick out that I wouldn’t even notice – that has made me a much better player and thinker so far. Hopefully I can keep getting better.