Jonathan Little (poker player)

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Jonathan Little
Jonathan Little (2019)
Jonathan Little (2019)
  Personal information  
Date of birth 22nd December 1984
place of birth United StatesUnited States Pensacola
Nicknames
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JcardsharkPokerStars

KagM7F7Full Tilt Poker

FieryJusticepartypoker
place of residence United StatesUnited States New York City
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,120,310
Total prize money $ 7,058,511
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 42
Best main event 490th ( 2014 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 28
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 3
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: August 9, 2020

Jonathan Little (born December 22, 1984 in Pensacola , Florida ) is a professional American poker player . He won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour twice and was named Player of the Year in this tournament series in 2007/08 .

Personal

Little played the trading card game Magic: The Gathering from the age of 13 and made it to ninth place in the world rankings. He later studied engineering and psychology at the University of West Florida and worked as an aircraft refueling attendant at the airport . Because of his poker successes, Little gave up both studies and work. He is married to a lawyer and has two sons. The family lives in New York City .

Poker career

Little focused on online poker after he turned 18 after depositing $ 50 on the partypoker platform under the nickname FieryJustice . His tournament earnings on PokerStars as Jcardshark and Full Tilt Poker as KagM7F7 are over $ 1 million. Since 2006 Little has also taken part in renowned live tournaments .

Little was in June 2006 for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and came in four tournaments of the variant Texas Hold'em in the money. In January 2007, he sat at the final table of the Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in the Bahamas and finished fifth for around $ 320,000 in prize money. In mid-May 2007, Little won the WPT Main Event at the Mirage in Las Vegas with a prize of over one million US dollars. At the end of October 2007, he finished second behind Scott Clements at the WPT Main Event in Niagara Falls, Canada, and received almost 750,000 US dollars. At the end of the 2007/08 season, Little was named WPT Player of the Year . At the beginning of November 2008 he secured his second WPT title in Mashantucket and received his highest prize money to date of over 1.1 million US dollars. At the 2013 WSOP , Little finished third in a six-handed Texas Hold'em event for just under $ 250,000. In March 2020 he received a Global Poker Award as the “People's Choice Award for Poker Personality of the Year 2019” .

In total, Little has earned more than $ 7 million in poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Jonathan Little  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c About on its official website, accessed September 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ FieryJustice in the database of Pocket Fives, accessed on September 28, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Jonathan Little in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ Jonathan Little in the World Series of Poker database, accessed November 10, 2019.
  5. ↑ PCA - 2007 ($ 7,800 + 200 WPT Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ Mirage Poker Showdown ($ 9,700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Championships) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 28, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ North American Poker Championships (C $ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 28, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ Poker Stories Podcast Jonathan Little: Two-Time WPT Champion Discusses Career In Poker on cardplayer.com on July 24, 2017, accessed on September 28, 2017.
  9. ↑ 2008 World Poker Finals ($ 9,700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 28, 2017 (English).
  10. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed (Event # 32)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 28, 2017 (English).
  11. ↑ The Global Poker Awards 2019 are given on pokerfirma.com on March 7, 2020, accessed on March 7, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Little, Jonathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jcardshark (nickname); KagM7F7 (nickname); FieryJustice (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd December 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Pensacola , Florida , United States