Jonathan Little

Infobox poker player
firstname=Jonathan
lastname=Little
nickname=Fiery Justice
Jcardshark

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caption=Jonathan Little at the 2008 World Series of Poker
hometown=Pensacola, Florida
wsop bracelet count="None"
wsop money finishes=5
wsop main event best finish rank="None"
wsop main event best finish year=
wpt titles=1
wpt final tables=3
wpt money finishes=6
ept titles="None"
ept final tables="None"
ept money finishes=1

Jonathan Little (born December 22, 1984 in Pensacola, Florida) is an American professional poker player who won the World Poker Tour's Season 6 Mirage Poker Showdown and was the WPT Player of the Year that season.

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. [http://www.worldpokertour.com/players/?x=profile&poker-player=11807 worldpokertour.com - profile - Jonathan Little] ] 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.

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; he also participates in an online poker training site called SNGIcons.com. [http://www.cardplayer.com/players/bio/Jonathan-Little/34909 cardplayer.com profile - Jonathan Little] ]

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 4 Grand Final Champion Glen Chorny (Choron). [ 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 ] 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 winning $1,091,295. In November 2007 he finished runner-up to Scott Clements in the WPT North American Poker Championship, where he earned an additional $715,702.Jonathan Little is the WPT Season VI Player of the Year.As of 2008, Little's total live tournament winnings exceed $2,600,000. [ [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=54704 thehendonmob.com - Jonathan Little] ]

Notes

External links

* [http://sngicons.com/geeklog/blogs/index.php?topic=FieryJustice Official blog]
* [http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player-interviews/wpt/season6/fieryjustice-prevails-jonathan-little-wins-the-mirage-poker-show Pokerlistings.com interview]
* [http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/article/17186 CardPlayer.com - 2007 a Big Year for Little]