Jonathan Little
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]
| Jonathan Little | |
|---|---|
Jonathan Little in 2019 | |
| Nickname(s) | Fiery Justice Jcardshark |
| Born | December 22, 1984 (age 39) 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 |
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 $350,000 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 Baseball Pitcher Orel 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 $317,873 and went to win the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown title, earning $1,066,295.[9] 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).[10] In November 2007 he finished runner-up to Scott Clements in the WPT North American Poker Championship, where he earned an additional $738,821.[11] Little won the WPT Season VI Player of the Year.[12]
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.[13] The match broke the record for longest WPT final table at 275 hands and longest WPT heads-up match with 170 hands.[1][14]
World Series of Poker edit
Little has cashed 50 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 $890,916 as of 2023.[15]
As of 2024, his total live tournament winnings exceed $8,800,000.[16]
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.
Bibliography edit
- Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 1: Fundamentals and How to Handle Varying Stack Sizes (2011) ISBN 978-1904468561
- Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 2: Stages of the Tournament (2012) ISBN 978-1904468585
- Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 3: The Complete Workout (2013) ISBN 978-1904468950
- 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) ISBN 978-1500766375
- Jonathan Little on Live No-Limit Cash Games, Volume 1: The Theory (2014) ISBN 978-1909457232
- Jonathan Little on Live No-Limit Cash Games, Volume 2: The Practice (2015) ISBN 978-1904468950
- Strategies for Beating Small Stakes Poker Tournaments (2015) ISBN 978-1508660200
- Jonathan Little's Excelling at No-Limit Hold'em: Leading poker experts discuss how to study, play and master NLHE (2015) ISBN 978-1909457447
- Strategies for Beating Small Stakes Poker Cash Games (2015) ISBN 978-1518655388
- Peak Poker Performance: How to bring your 'A' game to every session (2016) ISBN 978-1-909457-50-8
- Bluffs: How to Intelligently Apply Aggression to Increase Your Profits from Poker (2016) ISBN 978-1537130231
References edit
- ^ a b Rodriguez, Julio. (November 12, 2008). "WPT: Jonathan Little Wins the 2008 Foxwoods World Poker Finals". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved November 12, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Jonathan Little". World Poker Tour. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ "Jonathan Little". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ 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 (March 7, 2008), PokerWorks.com; http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2008/03/07/full-tilt-ends-sponsorship-with-jonathan-little.html
- ^ fulltiltpoker.com - Poker News
- ^ . Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ^ "PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - PCA 2007, WPT Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "Mirage Poker Showdown, No Limit Hold'em - Championships". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "North American Poker Championships, No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "WPT Player of the Year Jonathan Little WPT World Championship Level 28: 200,000-400,000". World Poker Tour. April 23, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "2008 World Poker Finals, No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ WPT Live Updates (temp ref) October 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Jonathan Little". WSOP.com. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
- ^ "Jonathan Little's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
External links edit
- PokerCoaching.com
- Insta Poker
- Pokerlistings.com interview
- CardPlayer.com – 2007 a Big Year for Little
- Jonathan Little Interview (audio + transcript)
- Jonathan Little Interview - Poker Journey and Live Games Tips
- Card Player profile
- Hendon Mob profile
- PokerNews profile
- WPT profile
- WSOP profile