Live No-Limit Cash Games (Volume 2)

The Practice

Leading professional Jonathan Little excels live No-Limit cash game play. In this book he teaches readers how to master the intricacies of this fascinating game.

Jonathan’s first book in this series, Jonathan Little on Live no-Limit Cash Games, Volume 1:The Theory outlined how the modern professional plays the game. Now Jonathan has produced a second volume, allowing players to test their understanding of the nuances of playing NL live.

The question and answer format allows the reader to examine each individual hand, consider the relevant factors and formulate their thinking about the best line to take. In this way the reader can compare his or her thought processes with those of a top flight professional.

No-Limit play is all about successfully adapting your strategy based on:

  • The pre-flop action
  • Whether you are the aggressor
  • Whether you are in position
  • The relative stack sizes at the table

Testing yourself by going through the examples in this book will enable you to make these adaptations instinctive.

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WPT Championship Video Blog

wptI am trying something different for this blog post. While I was at Borgata for the $15,000 buy-in 2015 World Poker Tour Main Event, I decided to chronicle my trip by recording my actions on a regular basis. I also recorded my thoughts on my breaks during major tournaments whenever it made sense. If you like this type of video, let me know and I will make similar ones during the WSOP. If you enjoyed this post and want to see more like it, please share this with your friends!

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Let’s NOT make a deal

30BAYES-master675This blog post is small part of my extensive chapter on Final Table play from my upcoming book, Excelling at No Limit Hold’em. I hope you enjoy it.

Whenever only a few players remain at a final table, it is not uncommon for someone to propose a deal. When a deal is made, players usually get some amount of cash based on their current chip stacks. In general, making a deal is not a good idea unless you are getting significantly more money than you should, based on an ICM chop. …

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Strategies now in Audio form!

strat1Seeing how my newest book, Strategies for Beating Small Stakes Poker Tournaments has been the best-selling book in both the poker and gambling sections on Kindle since I released it, I decided to get in the sound studio and record in the audio-book format. Fortunately, you can get it for FREE if you are a first-time Audible.com user. If not, you will have to pay $5.95 for it.

To get Strategies for Beating Small Stakes Poker Tournaments for FREE:

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Maximizing marginal top pairs

ace-queenheartsIn December of 2014, I had the pleasure of traveling to Prague for both the World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour events. Compared to the players in the United States, European players are generally much more aggressive. The following hand, from a €1,000 buy-in event, beautifully illustrates how to take advantage of these aggressive players without opening yourself up to losing a bunch of chips when they happen to have a premium hand.

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