Jonathan Little: Two-Time WPT Champion and WSOP Bracelet Winner
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Jonathan Little has built a poker career that combines major tournament success with a long-running role as a strategy author, coach and educator. The American professional is a two-time World Poker Tour champion, the Season VI WPT Player of the Year and a World Series of Poker bracelet winner. As of September 2026, Hendon Mob lists more than $9.75 million in live tournament earnings for Little, while his work away from the tables includes founding PokerCoaching.com and producing an extensive library of poker training material.
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Who Is Jonathan Little?
Jonathan Little is an American professional poker player best known for tournament poker and poker education. He was born in Pensacola, Florida, and his recorded live tournament results date to 2006.
Before establishing himself in poker, Little competed seriously in Magic: The Gathering. PokerNews reports that he later shifted his focus toward online poker before entering the live tournament circuit after turning 21.
Tournament success came quickly. By the end of the 2000s, Little had already won two World Poker Tour titles, earned WPT Player of the Year honors and recorded several seven-figure tournament scores.
His career eventually expanded well beyond playing. Little became a prolific strategy author and instructor and founded PokerCoaching.com, where his teaching focuses heavily on tournament decision-making, game theory, exploitative adjustments and structured poker study.
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Jonathan Little's WPT Breakthrough
The World Poker Tour provided the defining results of Little's early live career.
He won the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown during Season VI, defeating a 309-entry field. The World Poker Tour currently records his first-place payout at $1,091,795.
Little followed that victory with another major run later in the same season, finishing second at the North American Poker Championship. His performance across Season VI earned him the WPT Player of the Year award.
A second WPT championship arrived during Season VII at the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods. Little won the event for $1,120,310, which remains the largest live tournament cash of his career according to Hendon Mob.
The World Poker Tour's Jonathan Little profile lists two Main Tour victories, five final tables and more than $4 million in WPT earnings.
Those results established Little as a major tournament player well before his later career as one of poker's more visible strategy educators.
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Jonathan Little's WSOP Career
For many years, a WSOP bracelet was one of the major tournament accomplishments missing from Little's record despite numerous cashes and deep runs.
He had reached WSOP final tables before winning a bracelet, including a third-place finish in a $5,000 six-handed No-Limit Hold'em event in 2013.
That changed during the 2025 World Series of Poker.
Little captured his first bracelet in WSOP Online Event #8, a $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout. He defeated a 533-entry field and earned $90,663 for the victory.
The bracelet ended a lengthy pursuit of a WSOP title and added another major championship to a résumé already highlighted by his two WPT wins.
Little nearly added another bracelet during the same 2025 WSOP. He finished second in the $1,000 WSOP Online No-Limit Hold'em Championship for $118,521.
As of September 2026, the official WSOP player profile for Jonathan Little lists one bracelet and zero WSOP Circuit rings.
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Major Poker Accomplishments
Little's tournament record spans two decades of live and online competition.
Two World Poker Tour Main Tour titles
Season VI WPT Player of the Year
One WSOP bracelet
More than $9.75 million in recorded live tournament earnings as of September 2026
Career-best live cash of $1,120,310
More than $4 million in WPT earnings
Multiple WSOP final-table appearances
Founder of PokerCoaching.com
Author of numerous poker strategy books and educational materials
His accomplishments are notable not only for the size of his major victories but also for the longevity of his tournament career. Little has continued recording significant results long after the WPT wins that first established his reputation.
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Jonathan Little's Live Tournament Earnings
As of September 16, 2026, Hendon Mob lists Jonathan Little with $9,755,902 in live tournament earnings.
Live earnings databases change as new results are reported, so that figure should be treated as a dated snapshot rather than a permanent career total.
Little's largest listed live cash is the $1,120,310 he earned for winning the 2008 WPT World Poker Finals. His other seven-figure WPT victory came at the Mirage Poker Showdown.
His career results also include cashes at the WSOP, PokerGO Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, European Poker Tour festivals and other major tournament series.
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Jonathan Little as a Poker Educator
Little's influence on poker extends beyond tournament results.
He founded PokerCoaching.com, an educational platform built around video instruction, hand analysis, interactive quizzes, training tools and coaching from professional players.
Little has also written extensively about poker strategy. His published work covers subjects ranging from tournament play and cash games to hand analysis, decision-making and broader approaches to improving as a player.
That educational career has made him recognizable to players who may know his strategy content before they know his tournament résumé.
His public teaching generally emphasizes structured decision-making rather than memorizing isolated plays. PokerCoaching material combines game-theory concepts with exploitative adjustments, range analysis, preflop planning and postflop decision-making.
Little has also continued publishing educational material while competing professionally. His PokerCoaching author page remained active in September 2026, reflecting his ongoing involvement in poker instruction rather than a transition away from the game.
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Jonathan Little's Playing Approach
Little is primarily associated with No-Limit Hold'em tournament poker, the format in which most of his major live accomplishments have come.
Rather than attaching a subjective label to his table style, his own educational work provides a clearer picture of how he approaches the game. His teaching emphasizes understanding ranges, building logical game plans, recognizing opponent tendencies and knowing when theoretically sound play should be adjusted to exploit specific mistakes.
Tournament concepts such as stack depth, preflop construction, postflop decision-making and independent chip model considerations also feature prominently in his coaching material.
That combination of long-term tournament experience and systematic strategy instruction has become a central part of Little's identity within modern poker.
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Jonathan Little's Recent Tournament Results
Little remained active on the live tournament circuit through 2026.
His recorded results during the year include cashes at PokerGO Tour events, WSOP Europe, the World Series of Poker and the Wynn Summer Classic.
Among his more substantial early-2026 results were fifth and seventh-place finishes in $10,000 PokerGO Tour Last Chance events, worth $58,100 and $43,600 respectively. He later cashed for $34,398 in the $10,400 Wynn Summer Championship and recorded multiple cashes during the 2026 WSOP.
Those appearances followed a productive 2025 that included his first WSOP bracelet, his runner-up finish in the WSOP Online No-Limit Hold'em Championship and a fifth-place finish in the $5,000 Super COLOSSUS at WSOP Paradise for $116,700.
His recent schedule shows that tournament poker remains an active part of his career alongside his coaching, writing and educational work.
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Jonathan Little's Place in Poker
Little's career stands at the intersection of professional tournament poker and poker education.
His competitive résumé includes two WPT championships, a WPT Player of the Year award, a WSOP bracelet and nearly $10 million in recorded live cashes. At the same time, his books, training videos, podcasts and PokerCoaching platform have given him an audience extending well beyond major tournament followers.
That combination distinguishes his career from players whose public profiles are built primarily around tournament results.
Little continues to compete while producing strategy material, giving his profile an unusual degree of continuity between playing and teaching. More than two decades after his first recorded live tournament result, he remains active in both areas.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many WSOP bracelets does Jonathan Little have?
Jonathan Little has one WSOP bracelet as of September 2026. He won his first bracelet during the 2025 WSOP in a $1,000 online No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout, earning $90,663.
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How many WPT titles has Jonathan Little won?
Jonathan Little has won two World Poker Tour Main Tour titles. He captured the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown during Season VI and the WPT World Poker Finals during Season VII.
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Was Jonathan Little a WPT Player of the Year?
Yes. Jonathan Little earned the World Poker Tour Season VI Player of the Year award after a season that included his Mirage Poker Showdown victory and a runner-up finish at the North American Poker Championship.
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How much has Jonathan Little won in live poker tournaments?
Hendon Mob lists Jonathan Little with $9,755,902 in live tournament earnings as of September 16, 2026. Tournament earnings totals change as additional results are recorded.
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What is Jonathan Little's biggest live tournament cash?
Jonathan Little's largest recorded live cash is $1,120,310. He earned that amount by winning the WPT World Poker Finals at Foxwoods in 2008.
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Does Jonathan Little have any WSOP Circuit rings?
The official WSOP database lists Jonathan Little with zero WSOP Circuit rings as of September 2026.
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What is PokerCoaching.com?
PokerCoaching.com is the poker training platform founded by Jonathan Little. It provides educational material including courses, strategy videos, quizzes, training tools and instruction covering tournament and cash-game poker.
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Is Jonathan Little still playing poker?
Yes. Jonathan Little continued recording live tournament cashes in 2026, including results at PokerGO Tour events, WSOP Europe, the World Series of Poker and the Wynn Summer Classic. He also remains active as a poker educator through PokerCoaching.com.