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=== World Championship of Online Poker === |
=== World Championship of Online Poker === |
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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 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).<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/5005/online-poker-wcoop-high-roller-event-has-a-winner |title=Online Poker: WCOOP High Roller Event has a Winner |accessdate=2008-09-08 |last=Green |first=Shawn Patrick |date=2008-09-08 |work=CardPlayer.com }}</ref> This win brings Little's total online cashes on Pokerstars to over $280,000. |
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 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).<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/5005/online-poker-wcoop-high-roller-event-has-a-winner |title=Online Poker: WCOOP High Roller Event has a Winner |accessdate=2008-09-08 |last=Green |first=Shawn Patrick |date=2008-09-08 |work=CardPlayer.com }}</ref> This win brings Little's total online cashes on Pokerstars to over $280,000. |
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== World Poker Tour == |
== World Poker Tour == |
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Revision as of 10:54, 16 December 2009
| Jonathan Little | |
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 Jonathan Little at the 2008 World Series of Poker | |
| Nickname(s) | Fiery Justice Jcardshark |
| Residence | Pensacola, Florida |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 5 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | None |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 2 |
| Final table(s) | 4 |
| Money finish(es) | 7 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 1 |
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, such as The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky.[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]
Online poker
Little formed the "Ship It Holla Ballas" crew, a group of poker players who travel the world in order to play in the highest stakes poker tournaments[2]; he also participates in an online poker training site called SNGIcons.com.[3]
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 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).[4] This win brings Little's total online cashes on Pokerstars to over $280,000. jonny litlleeeeeeeeeee (: x
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 which included professional poker players Mike Matusow who finished 6th and David Pham who finished 4th. The match broke the record for longest WPT table at 275 hands and longest WPT heads-up match with 170 hands.[1][5]
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,900,000.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b Rodriguez, Julio. (2008-11-12). "WPT: Jonathan Little Wins the 2008 Foxwoods World Poker Finals". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ a b c d worldpokertour.com - profile - Jonathan Little
- ^ a b cardplayer.com profile - Jonathan Little
- ^ Green, Shawn Patrick (2008-09-08). "Online Poker: WCOOP High Roller Event has a Winner". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ WPT Live Updates (temp ref)
- ^ Butt, Robert. "Jonathan Little - Stats". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2008-11-12.