Jonathan Little

This article is about the professional poker player. For the Australian composer, see Jonathan Little (composer).
Not to be confused with Jonathan Littell.
Jonathan Little

Nickname(s) Fiery Justice
Jcardshark
Born December 22, 1984 (1984-12-22) (age 31)
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) 4
Money finish(es) 20
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]

Biography

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

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

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.

World Poker Tour

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][6]

World Series of Poker

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.[7]

As of 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $6,200,000.[8]

Personal life

Little married on August 1st, 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

References

  1. 1 2 Rodriguez, Julio. (2008-11-12). "WPT: Jonathan Little Wins the 2008 Foxwoods World Poker Finals". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
  2. 1 2 3 worldpokertour.com – profile – Jonathan Little
  3. 1 2 cardplayer.com profile – Jonathan Little
  4. ↑ Arnett, Kristy (2009-12-30). "Poker Strategy -- Jon Little Discusses Taking a Beat Little Analyzes a Cash-Game Hand". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  5. ↑ Green, Shawn Patrick (2008-09-08). "Online Poker: WCOOP High Roller Event has a Winner". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  6. ↑ WPT Live Updates (temp ref)
  7. ↑ "Jonathan Little – WSOP Stats". WSOP. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Jonathan Little – Stats". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved September 25, 2014.

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