Jonathan Little

Week 5 of the 2016 WSOP

In this video blog, I share with you my adventures from week 5 of the 2016 World Series of Poker. I played in Brad Garrett’s charity poker tournament, attended Mike Sexton’s book signing and final tabled the $1,000 buy-in tag team event with my parents! Next week is the Main Event!

Here is a nice article from PokerListings about my family playing in the Tag Team WSOP event.

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How to play bottom set when deep-stacked

5555This hand is from early in the first day of the 2015 Barcelona European Poker Tour €5,000 buy-in Main Event. We were only an hour into the day. I initially lost a few pots due splashing around and to trying to flop strong hands, but I eventually chipped back up to my starting stack.

With blinds at 75/150, a splashy, but reasonable 50 year old raised to 425 out of his 30,000 stack from first position. Everyone folded around to me in the big blind. I called with 3c-3h, hoping to flop a set. My hopes were realized when the flop came Jd-6c-3d. …

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Week 1 and 2 of the 2016 WSOP

In this video blog, I share with you my adventures from the first two weeks of the 2016 World Series of Poker. I played only one WSOP event, but I played some cash games, spent some time with Amie, got interviewed for an upcoming TV show, and played in my first Global Poker League match. It was a nice change of the pace to my previous 9 years at the WSOP where I spent every waking moment at the poker table!

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Why most players lose at poker – the rake

With the WSOP quickly approaching, I would like to share with you a concept that many amateur players are either unaware of or completely ignore. Most amateur players do not lose because they are bad at poker. They are usually not much better or worse than their competition. Instead, they lose because the casino consistently rakes away a significant amount of money in play. The rake, the money the casino takes in exchange for letting you play, is a key determining factor of whether or not any game is potentially profitable.   …

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