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| Jonathan Little | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Fiery Justice Jcardshark |
| Born | December 22, 1984 (age 35) Pensacola, Florida, U.S |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 26 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 490, 2014 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 2 |
| Final table(s) | 5 |
| Money finish(es) | 26 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 2 |
Jonathan Little (born December 22, 1984 in Pensacola, Florida) is an American professional poker player who won both the World Poker Tour's Season VI Mirage Poker Showdown and Season VII Foxwoods World Poker Finals[1] and won the WPT Season VI Player of the Year award.[2]
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Biography[edit]
Little was a student at the University of West Florida studying psychology when he began playing poker with friends. As his interest in poker grew, it led him to study many books on poker.[2] After earning an initial bankroll of $35,000 online over a six-month period, he decided to drop out of college and play poker professionally.[2]
Poker[edit]
Little is a successful professional poker player who has played online under the screen names 'FieryJustice', 'Jcardshark', and 'JonLittle'.
Little posts a weekly educational poker blog and hosts a weekly podcast at his personal site, JonathanLittlePoker.com.
Little was a participant in the now defunct online poker training site called SNGIcons.com.[3] Little has since created his own poker training websites, PokerCoaching.com and FloatTheTurn.com[4]
Little creates poker training hand-packs™ for Insta Poker, a mobile-only poker strategy game on iPhone, iPod and iPad.
World Championship of Online Poker[edit]
At the 2008 World Championship of Online Poker, playing under his PokerStars screen name 'Jcardshark', Little finished 7th place in the $10,300 buy-in (event #5), earning $107,535 at a final table consisting of other well known players like Major League BaseballPitcherOrel Hershiser (O. Hershiser), 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker (Money800) online pros Nick Niergarth (gbmantis), Greg Hobson (DuckU), Scott Dorin (dorinvandy) who won the event and the European Poker Tour Season IV Grand Final Champion Glen Chorny (Choron).[5] This win brings Little's total online cashes on Pokerstars to over $280,000.
Full Tilt[edit]
In March 2008, Full Tilt Poker announced it had dropped Little from its group of sponsored professionals for violating its terms and conditions by allowing other people to play his Full Tilt account.[6][7] Via his blog, Little later accepted responsibility for his actions and issued an apology to Full Tilt.[8]
World Poker Tour[edit]
Little finished fifth in the World Poker Tour (WPT) PokerStars.com Caribbean Poker Adventure Championship winning $317,000 and went to win the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown title, earning $1,091,295. The final table was made of four other professional poker players, Cory Carroll who finished runner-up, Darrell Dicken (3rd), Phil Ivey (5th), and Amnon Filippi (6th). In November 2007 he finished runner-up to Scott Clements in the WPT North American Poker Championship, where he earned an additional $715,702.[3]Jonathan Little is the WPT Season VI Player of the Year.
In November 2008, Little won the WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals for his second WPT title after defeating professional poker player Jonathan Jaffe during heads-up play. The final table included professional poker players Mike Matusow who finished 6th and David Pham who finished 4th. The match broke the record for longest WPT final table at 275 hands and longest WPT heads-up match with 170 hands.[1][9]
World Series of Poker[edit]
Little has cashed 30 times at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). In 2010, he cashed 5 times, including a 3rd-place finish in Event # 53, the Limit Hold'em Shootout for $73,218. In 2013, he cashed 5 times, including a 3rd-place finish in Event # 32, the No-Limit Hold 'Em/Six Handed $5,000 buy-in for $238,833, as well as twice at the WSOPE. In 2015, he cashed 4 times, including a 6th-place finish in Event # 25, Eight-Handed $5,000 buy-in for $85,616. In 2016 he cashed in 5 events for $63,231 - including a tag team event with his mother and father as partners.
His lifetime winnings at the WSOP total $696,841.[10]
As of February 2019, his total live tournament winnings exceed $6,800,000.[11]
Personal life[edit]
Little married on August 1, 2015 to Amie Broder. His best man was fellow poker player, Shannon Shorr. When Little is not traveling the live poker circuit, he teaches his students how to improve their poker strategies at PokerCoaching.com.
Strategies For Beating Small Stakes Poker Tournaments By Jonathan Little
Bibliography[edit]
- Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 1: Fundamentals and How to Handle Varying Stack Sizes (2011) ISBN978-1904468561
- Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 2: Stages of the Tournament (2012) ISBN978-1904468585
- Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 3: The Complete Workout (2013) ISBN978-1904468950
- Positive Poker: A Modern Psychological Approach to Mastering Your Mental Game (2013)
- The Main Event with Jonathan Little: In-Depth Analysis of 54 Poker Hands from my WSOP Main Event (2014) ISBN978-1500766375
- Jonathan Little on Live No-Limit Cash Games, Volume 1: The Theory (2014) ISBN978-1909457232
- Jonathan Little on Live No-Limit Cash Games, Volume 2: The Practice (2015) ISBN978-1904468950
- Strategies for Beating Small Stakes Poker Tournaments (2015) ISBN978-1508660200
- Jonathan Little's Excelling at No-Limit Hold'em: Leading poker experts discuss how to study, play and master NLHE (2015) ISBN978-1909457447
- Strategies for Beating Small Stakes Poker Cash Games (2015) ISBN978-1518655388
- Peak Poker Performance: How to bring your 'A' game to every session (2016) ISBN978-1-909457-50-8
- Bluffs: How to Intelligently Apply Aggression to Increase Your Profits from Poker (2016) ISBN978-1537130231
References[edit]
- ^ abRodriguez, Julio. (November 12, 2008). 'WPT: Jonathan Little Wins the 2008 Foxwoods World Poker Finals'. CardPlayer.com. Retrieved November 12, 2008.
- ^ abcworldpokertour.com – profile – Jonathan Little
- ^ abcardplayer.com profile – Jonathan Little
- ^Arnett, Kristy (December 30, 2009). 'Poker Strategy -- Jon Little Discusses Taking a Beat Little Analyzes a Cash-Game Hand'. CardPlayer.com. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- ^Green, Shawn Patrick (September 8, 2008). 'Online Poker: WCOOP High Roller Event has a Winner'. CardPlayer.com. Retrieved September 8, 2008.
- ^Newell, Jennifer (2008-03-07), PokerWorks.com; http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2008/03/07/full-tilt-ends-sponsorship-with-jonathan-little.html
- ^fulltiltpoker.com - Poker News
- ^http://mad-world.us/jonathan-little-fired-by-full-tilt-poker/
- ^WPT Live Updates (temp ref)Archived October 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^'Jonathan Little – WSOP Stats'. WSOP. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
- ^'Jonathan Little – Stats'. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
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I was recently told about a hand from a $1-$3 no-limit hold’em cash game that illustrates a few flaws in the strategy of many recreational players. From second position, an unknown player raised to $15 out of his $500 effective stack and our Hero decided to call from third position with 5 4.
Right from the start, Hero’s call is a clear mistake. While Hero may think that he has a decent chance to get paid off if he makes a straight or a flush, in reality, it takes two incredibly premium post-flop hands in order to get all-in for 167 big blinds. When Hero improves to a strong hand (which will often be a bad flush or a bad straight), if a lot of money goes in the pot, he will frequently be crushed by a better made hand. In general, you should only see the flop with junky drawing hands when you are able to see the flop cheaply (here it costs five big blinds, which is quite costly) and when you stand to win a large pot if you improve to an effective nut hand (which is not the case with weak “premium” made hands like bad flushes and straights).
As played, the players in the hijack, cutoff, button, and big blind all called. The flop came K 7 2, giving Hero a weak flush draw. The big blind and initial raiser checked to Hero, who bet $50 into the $91 pot.
I am fine with this bet, although I would usually bet larger, about $70. You want to bet with your best made hands and your draws because it makes you relatively difficult to play against because your opponents have no way of knowing if you have a premium made hand or an unmade draw. That said, when so many players see the flop, it is somewhat likely that Hero is against a bigger flush draw, so he should consider proceeding with caution.
Only the big blind called Hero’s bet. The turn was the 6, giving Hero a flush. The big blind checked and Hero bet $75 into the $191 pot.
I would have again preferred a slightly larger bet size, perhaps $100, but $75 could be ideal if Hero thinks he is against a range consisting of mostly marginal made hands that will only call a small bet. One of the key skills you must master to beat small stakes cash games (as I discuss in my book Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Hold’em) is to choose the optimal bet size to achieve the result you want. Hero wants to get called by all the marginal made hands while also pricing out the obvious draws, such as A 5. A slightly larger bet of $100 will usually get called by any king and some middle pairs with flush draws while also charging the draws a bit more to see the river.
The big blind called. The river was the 10. The big blind checked.
As on the turn, Hero should choose a bet size that is likely to be called by worse made hands. At this point, the only realistic made hand that is worse than Hero’s that can call a river bet is top pair, and even then, it cannot call a large bet. So, Hero should choose a somewhat small bet size. I think Hero’s $150 bet may be a bit too large. When facing a river bet, some players only call with two pair or a better hand.
Given the big blind should have relatively few two pairs and sets, most of his river calling range could easily be flushes, which should lead Hero to consider checking behind or betting small.
Hero bet $150 into the $341 pot. The big blind folded, giving Hero the pot.
Even though Hero made a premium hand, he only won $200. While winning $200 is great, it is far from amazing. When you are fortunate enough to make a premium post-flop hand, you want to be sure to get paid off for as much as possible. This time, Hero could only go for a small amount of value because if he bet any larger, he would almost certainly only get called when he was beat. ♠
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