Seven months into 2013, David Hudson (pictured), better known as Hudderson PocketFives, has taken down the Ongame ChampionChip twice. His first victory came in February after trumping a field of nearly 800 people and walking off with $26,000. That tournament saw him outlast fellow PocketFiver AKBigFish heads-up and Hudson record his largest tracked score to date.

In June, it was more of the same, as Hudson drove to a win in a 600-player field and bested Senterpiedheads-up. This time, his win was worth $21,000, his second largest tracked score to date. Upon taking down the second go-around of the Ongame Major, Hudson told PocketFives in an exclusive interview, “I feel like I’m on top of my game and to win this tournament for the second time this year was really great.”

How did his second title compare to his first? Was it an easier path to victory, a battle back from the bottom of the leaderboard, or a clinic on big stack play? Hudson explained, “The main difference was the final table really. The first time I won it, I went in mid-stacked, whereas this time I went in as one of the top stacks, so I was able to apply more pressure at the early stages of the final table without having to worry about damaging my stack too much. Also, I wasn’t getting as much resistance as I did the first time around.”

If you’re not familiar with the Ongame Sunday Major, it takes place weekly and has a buy-in of $190. This week, the tournament has a guarantee of $75,000, although $84,000 was given out last Sunday. Hudson told us, “The structure was fairly good. We went into the final table earlier this time than before, so the blinds weren’t quite as big, which allowed more play. I didn’t really feel as much pressure as some of the other stacks, as I was lucky enough to win a few key pots in the middle stages, but other players may disagree as to the structure. It all depends on your style of play, I guess.”

He added that the ChampionChip has seen its player pool get tougher over the years: “The competition itself has got a lot tougher than a few years ago because poker has advanced so much over the last few years and also because there aren’t as many satellites running. Therefore, a lot of the players tend to be winning regs who are buying straight into it.”

Hudson makes his home in the city of Durham, England (pictured), where he is the #2 ranked online poker player. He is quite pleased to be representing the England poker community, telling us, “I am proud to be British. I have thought about moving somewhere where the time zone change will allow me to be on a more normal work schedule, but the U.K. will always be home even if I decide to move.”

Hudson got his start in poker by playing in small-stakes games with friends while in college. “That’s where the thirst came from,” he relayed. “Then, I started going to local casinos, studying the game, and improving. Unlike a lot of online players, I started kind of old school and then started playing online, but online was where I really began getting decent results and improving faster. That was also aided by coaching and mentoring.” Nowadays, he is a full-time poker pro.

If you’re interested in playing in the weekly Ongame Network Sunday Major called the ChampionChip, you can do so on sites like InterPokerand Betsafe.

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