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The Poker Coaching Podcast with Jonathan Little

Jonathan Littlejonathanlittlepoker.com
Welcome to The Poker Coaching Podcast, hosted by Two-time WPT Champion and Player of the Year, coach, and 14-time best-selling author Jonathan Little. This podcast is a mix of in-depth strategy content and inspirational life advice, including episodes of Weekly Poker Hand, A Little Coffee, and Little Poker Advice. Connect on twitter @JonathanLittle. Get your free trial membership to PokerCoaching.com today!
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WPH #440: He LOSES $310,000 & Then THIS Happens! [SHOCKING Poker Drama]

When two big poker personalities clash in a poker hand you know there is going to be fireworks! MrDrBatman, a regular on the Lodge Live poker stream, took on businessman and professional trash talker Eric Persson. This is a huge high stakes poker cash game on the Hustler Casino Live stream as they are playing $200/400/$800 with a $1,600 straddle in this hand! MrDrBatman opens the action with a raise to $5,000 with pocket queens and he picks up 3 callers. On a flop of AT8xhh he decides to take an...

Jan 02, 202315 min

WPH #439: Daniel NEGREANU Is About To LOSE $300,000!

This Weekly Poker Hand took place at the Super High Roller Bowl in the pokerGO studios. A $300,000 poker tournament that features most of the toughest poker professionals in the game. Daniel ‘Kid Poker’ Negreanu is well known to the poker community and finds himself battling Bryn Kenney, a strong poker professional with over $45,000,000 in live tournament winnings. Negreanu finds himself in all sorts of trouble on the turn when he hits his set of threes. He has a strong poker hand, but he’s up a...

Dec 25, 202212 min

WPH #438: Are You LUCKY Or GOOD At Poker?

In this video, I will answer a common question that my poker students often ask me: is poker luck or skill? It is very easy for a poker player to believe that winning one tournament means that you are a great player. While in some cases that might be correct in others it could also be far from the truth! To win any poker tournament, you are going to have to be lucky at some point! You are either going to bink to win all-ins or get dealt numerous strong preflop hands. Remember that sample size is...

Dec 24, 202211 min

How To EXPLOIT Your OPPONENTS To WIN At Poker! 12-12-2022

The best poker players in the world excel at identifying their opponent’s mistakes and exploiting them for maximum profit. Long before GTO was around, exploitative poker was the root of all poker strategy for poker tournaments and cash games. If you can find a game with plenty of bad poker players, knowing how to exploit their mistakes will take you far. Today, I will be discussing how to best exploit your opponents and start winning whether you play low stakes or high stakes poker. Considering ...

Dec 13, 202252 min

WPH #437: $870,000! The LARGEST Pot On Hustler Casino Live!

This is the biggest pot that has ever been played on the Hustler Casino Live at a staggering $870,000! Henri ‘buttonclickr’ Puustinen is no stranger to the high stakes. He is an online heads up end boss and was one of Doug Polk’s coaches when he battled against Daniel Negreanu. Nik Airball is a regular on the Hustler Casino Live stream and is known to lend out huge amounts of money to other players at the poker table just to keep the action alive! This man loves to gamble and we can clearly see ...

Dec 07, 202218 min

WPH #436: Do NOT Try This Against Phil IVEY [Poor Garrett Adelstein!]

This hand features an old school poker legend and a new school poker legend. It’s Phil Ivey vs Garrett Adelstein on the Hustler Casino Live stream! This game was one of the highest stakes that Hustler Casino Live has seen as they were playing $200/$400/$800/$1600 in this particular poker hand! Garrett Adelstein has been known to say that Phil Ivey was one of his favorite poker players when he was growing up so it was no surprise he pounced at the opportunity to tangle with him in a high stakes p...

Dec 01, 20228 min

WPH #435: Phil IVEY Makes The PERFECT Read! [Hustler Casino Live]

There is a reason why Phil Ivey is considered to be the greatest poker player of all time! This weekly poker hand shows exactly why! In this poker hand Phil Ivey battles a regular of the Hustler Casino Live stream – Andy Stacks. Andy in his own right is a fantastic poker player but he openly admitted on this stream that he was a big Phil Ivey fanboy and couldn’t wait to play a hand against him! Well he managed to get his wish but I imagine he was hoping to make some more money from him after he ...

Nov 26, 20229 min

WPH #434: When To TRIPLE BARREL BLUFF [Poker Strategy With Matt Affleck]

This Weekly Poker Hand features PokerCoaching.com coach Matt Affleck who is deep in a World Series of Poker event. This poker hand took place in the WSOP – Millionaire Maker with less than 100 players left and over $1,000,000 for 1st! Matt finds himself heads-up against a British poker professional – Nick Marchington. Nick made the final table of the WSOP Main Event so he is certainly capable and is known to be a very strong poker player. The hand starts with Affleck raising from the lojack and ...

Nov 19, 202216 min

Cash Game LEAKS & How To FIX Them! | A Little BRÈINFÚEL with Jonathan Little 11-14-2022

Unlike poker tournaments, every poker chip at a cash game table has a definite dollar amount. Your entire chip stack can go into the pot at any moment, and you would rather get it in good than bluff off all of your money for no reason. While Garrett Adelstein and Phil Ivey may make it look easy, they have dedicated years to studying poker and reducing the mistakes they make at the poker table. If you repeatedly make the same mistake over and over again playing poker, you have developed a leak th...

Nov 14, 202257 min

How To WIN Poker TOURNAMENTS [STOP Min-Cashing!] | A Little BRÈINFÚEL with Jonathan Little 11-21-2022

Have you ever dreamed of winning a World Series of Poker bracelet or a World Poker Tour title? If you want to make those dreams a reality, you must be willing to put in the work and study poker tournament strategy. While you always need a little bit of luck to win live and online poker tournaments, you can’t be dealt pocket aces every time! Taking the time to not just play poker but study it as well will leave you prepared for whatever the deck throws at you. My team of professional poker player...

Nov 11, 202251 min

WPH #433: Can GARRETT Beat A BILLIONAIRE?

Garrett Adelstein is the biggest winner on the Hustler Casino Live stream having won over $1,000,000. In today’s hand he is battling against a billionaire recreational poker player – Stanley Tang. The hand starts with Stanley raising under the gun (UTG) with AKo and in true aggressive Garrett fashion he opts to 3-bet to isolate the recreational player with A9c. Stanley decides to 4-bet and Garrett calls. Both players hit top pair on the flop and after some betting the magical speech comes from G...

Nov 11, 202214 min

How To MASTER 3-Betting! | A Little BRÈINFÚEL with Jonathan Little 11-7-2022

One of the best preflop strategies you can add to your poker game is exploitatively 3-betting . By knowing when to three-bet, you can give yourself an edge in poker tournaments and cash games. You don’t always need pocket aces to be aggressive at the poker table. By the end of today’s stream, I want YOU to take this quiz and let me know in the comments how you do: https://pokercoaching.com/3betquiz To become a winning Texas hold’em player, you must be willing to put in the time and study poker. ...

Nov 08, 2022

WPH #432: How To Beat AGGRESSIVE Recreational Poker Players!

James Romero is one of the best poker tournament players in the world and here we discuss a hand that he played during the World Series Of Poker (WSOP). This poker hand took place during a $3,000 6-max event. The villain in the hand is described by James as an aggro whale which means they are extremely aggressive and not necessarily very good! Together we share some great tips to beat recreational poker players. You should start by quantifying what exactly the biggest mistakes or leaks that thes...

Nov 03, 20228 min

Preflop Poker RANGES Explained! | A Little BRÈINFÚEL with Jonathan Little 10-31-2022

⁣ If you can’t make the right preflop decisions, how can you expect to make the right plays on the flop, turn, or river? Having a profitable preflop poker strategy starts with having a fundamentally sound preflop range. While every poker player knows how to play pocket aces, what other hands should be in your preflop range? ⁣ Your position in a poker hand heavily dictates what your preflop range should be. What the small blind raises with is completely different from what the dealer or the under...

Oct 31, 20221 hr 35 min

WPH #431: ALL IN With 8 HIGH And $400,000 On The Line!

Stephen Chidwick and David Peters are two titans of the high stakes poker world with almost $100,000,000 in live poker tournament earnings combined. They are playing in a $25,000 poker tournament as part of the US Poker Open in the PokerGO studio in Las Vegas. With just 3 players remaining and both of them having the biggest two stacks there are some heavy ICM (Independent Chip Model) implications that must be considered as the other player, Sean Winter, has just 14 big blinds. When you are a mi...

Oct 29, 202214 min

BEST Poker Tournament TIPS | A Little BRÈINFÚEL with Jonathan Little 10-24-2022

As a professional poker player, I have competed in hundreds of World Series of Poker (WSOP) and World Poker Tour (WPT) events. Drawing from my experience, I’m prepared to share with you my poker tips for crushing poker tournaments. If you want to go from just min-cashing poker tournaments to making final tables, my 11 mid-tournament tips will help you beat live and online poker tournaments. Click HERE To Get My 40+ List Of Poker Tournament Tips: https://pokercoaching.com/tournamenttips The best ...

Oct 24, 20221 hr 3 min

WPH #430: Can Robbi OWN Garrett In ANOTHER Poker Hand?!

Garrett Adelstein and Robbi Jade Lew are currently two of the most popular names in the poker world due to the recent allegations of cheating on the Hustler Casino Live stream. This hand takes place between these two household poker names, again on the Hustler stream, but can Robbi find a way to crush Garrett’s hopes and dreams at the poker table once more? I discuss how the effective stack depth should be a variable to consider when deciding whether to re-raise or call preflop. It’s always a tr...

Oct 22, 20229 min

BLUFF the River Like A PROFESSIONAL Poker Player! | A Little BRÈINFÚEL with Jonathan Little 10-17-2022

⁣ You can’t expect to have four of a kind or a full house every time on the river. To be a winning poker player you must be able to bluff when necessary. Today, I will teach you all how to bluff the river like a professional poker player. When watching high stakes poker tournaments and cash games, you will see some of the best poker players in the world make aggressive bluffs many of us do not have in our games. ⁣ When a third club comes on the river and you have the ace of clubs, sometimes you ...

Oct 17, 20221 hr 5 min

WPH #429: Would YOU Make This FOLD?! Wolfgang Poker Put To The TEST!

Today for Weekly Poker Hand we look at a hand from up and coming poker vlogger Wolfgang Poker! I discuss the strategy that you should be thinking about on different flop textures. A JT7 flop is very different to a J62 flop! Your opponent’s are going to have more hands to continue with on a coordinated flop. Generally you should use a larger continuation bet size when playing very deep stacked and when the board is coordinated. Remember that most poker players in low stakes cash games do not like...

Oct 15, 202211 min

WPH #428: How To DESTROY Recreational POKER Players Ft. Jaman Burton!

Jaman Burton aka The Drawing Dead finds himself in the $2/$5 cash game at the Encore in Las Vegas. He is against a tricky opponent who has been hyper aggressive. Facing a tricky limp re-raiser is always a tricky spot to navigate in a poker hand. It really does depend on your opponent. If they are a tight OMC (Old Man Coffee) you can be sure that they will have a top 1% hand! What about a splashy aggressive poker player that might have too much to drink? Be aware of the players that are limp re-r...

Oct 07, 202210 min

CHEATING SCANDAL At Hustler Casino?! – Garrett vs Robbi | A Little BRÈINFÚEL with Jonathan Little 10-3-2022

Days have passed, and still, the poker world cannot stop discussing the poker hand played between Garrett Adelstein and Robbi Jade Lew on the Hustler Casino Live stream. Somehow finding an incredible hero call after an all-in bluff, Lew’s apparent soul read was miraculous enough to leave some players and viewers skeptical. The hand has drawn accusations, refunds, and now a full-blown investigation, with the poker world continuing to buzz as everyone, including Phil Ivey, gives their input on wha...

Oct 03, 2022

WPH #427: Was Garrett CHEATED For $135,000 In A HIGH STAKES Poker Game?!

The poker world went into a frenzy this week after this crazy hand between Garrett Adelstein and new high stakes poker player Robbi Lew during a high stakes poker hand on the Hustler Casino Live stream. Both players doubled down on Twitter after this incident with Robbi Lew saying that she made a hero call after she said she was “not playing nice in the sandbox anymore”. Garrett Adelstein responded with his thoughts into how he was cheated out of the money. The poker hand in question is certainl...

Oct 01, 202214 min

WPH #426: Garrett Causes MAX PAIN In This HIGH STAKES Poker Hand!

Garrett Adelstein is no stranger to the Hustler Casino Live stream and today he faces off against very popular high stakes player Israeli Ron who is known for his famous Q2o hand! Controversy happens at the end of this poker hand when the money is all in the middle as they cannot decide how many times they want to run the river. Are you a one time or two time kind of player? When you are playing very deep stacked in a cash game make sure that you are careful with low suited connectors as you may...

Sep 23, 202216 min

WPH #425: Can Phil IVEY Beat A Poker JEDI? [$200,000 Poker Tournament]

Phil Ivey is back and showing us all why he is widely considered to be the greatest poker player of all time! His opponents in this poker hand are no strangers to the high stakes poker scene either. Ben Heath who has over $13,000,000 in live tournament earnings and Christoph Vogelsang, the poker jedi, who has a staggering $27,000,000 of his own live tournament winnings. Ivey is put to the ultimate test on the river by a very tricky Vogelsang who decides to bluff with just seven high. Ivey is sat...

Sep 14, 202218 min

Jonathan Little Discord AMA September 2022!

Hey everyone, check out the Ask Me Anything that I (Jonathan Little) did for all of our Discord users which is available above or on our podcast feed over at Spotify & iTunes! I am a veteran poker player with over $7,000,000 in live tournament earnings. I took my expert poker knowledge and created the poker training site, PokerCoaching.com, where I teach other aspiring players to hone their skills and CRUSH! You will need to download iTunes to view it. Here is the iTunes link: iTunes AMA Her...

Sep 14, 20221 hr 7 min

CRUSH Cash Games With These TOP TIPS! | A Little BRÈINFÚEL with Jonathan Little 9-12-2022

Despite being a two-time World Poker Tour champion who mostly plays poker tournaments, I have played many cash games in my time and have learned a lot of valuable lessons that have helped my game. Whether you compete at the micro stakes or are a high stakes crusher, cash games offer poker players a great way to increase their bankroll whether playing poker online or in a poker room. Today, we study up on cash game strategy and take part in some of my very own interactive quizzes. To beat cash ga...

Sep 12, 202252 min

WPH #424: Patrik Antonius SOUL READS With $825,000 On The Line!!!

Patrik Antonius is no stranger to battling for huge amounts of money at the poker tables. He is mostly known for his exploits in the world of high stakes cash games but here he finds himself 3 handed in a $25,000 Triton Poker tournament with $825,000 for 1st! In this hand from the Triton Poker Series in Cyprus, Patrik Antonius finds himself in a tricky spot on the river as his aggressive opponent Fahredin Mustafov puts him to the test with just ten high! On the river Patrik Antonius shows us all...

Sep 08, 202215 min

WPH #423: Tom DWAN Is BACK [CRAZY High Stakes Poker BLUFF!]

Tom Dwan has recently been gracing our screens again as he is battling it out in more high stakes cash games! In this hand there is a $10,000 bounty from each player if you can win the poker hand with 72o. Well if you give Tom Dwan 72o you just know he is going to run a huge poker bluff to try and win a massive pot. On the other side of this poker hand is what makes this whole hand absolutely incredible. Rui Cao has just 87o and only has eight high! Who will win this massive $650,000 high stakes...

Aug 31, 202216 min

WPH #422: YOUNG Poker Player OWNED In Texas?!

Rosey from NextGenPoker finds himself in a battle against a very aggressive opponent who has (so far) been running over everyone at the poker table. When playing around 150bb effective in a cash game you do not often want to be 4 betting in position with non premium hands as it allows your opponent to shove on you. I see many of my students making big blunders on monotone flops (all of the same suit) so if this is you then be sure to watch this video to help improve your poker win rate! Always b...

Aug 27, 202210 min

WPH #421: Poker Professional FLIPS A COIN For $213,900?!

It’s hard to hit trips when playing heads-up, it’s even harder to fold your hand when you do! In this weekly poker hand, Shannon Shorr shows us all why he is widely considered to be one of the best poker players in the world. I discuss the merits in checking back with weak top pairs on wet boards against aggressive opponents in order to extract value on later streets. I also teach you why you should be looking to take the betting lead when the flop is checked through with your value hands. When ...

Aug 17, 202212 min
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