Two-time World Poker Tour Champion Jonathan Little enters the GRID to talk about a hand from the 2015 World Series of Poker. Jonathan was at the final table of a 5K No Limit Hold Em event. In the big blind he looked down at six-eight of hearts, with blinds of 20/40K and 3.2 million chips. Six handed, he defended against an under the gun raise to go heads-up to a flop of jack-seven four rainbow. The flop checked through to bring a six on the turn, the second diamond. Jonathan bet 1/3 pot and UTG called.

Good news: Jonathan’s straight came in on the river, a five.

Bad news: The five was also a diamond, so the backdoor diamonds came in, so Jonathan loses to any flush.

Jonathan mulled over his decision on the river, and how he may play the hand different five years later.

With over seven million dollars in live earnings, Jonathan explains to Jennifer how he combines a career as a successful player with his multi-facetted content career, from podcasting to training to writing and publishing. He also explains how Jen’s brother and previous GRID guest Greg Shahade helped him many years ago when he was struggling with his win rate in sit n gos.

Jonathan is the author of over a dozen poker books, including the recent “Excelling at Tough No Limit Hold Em Games: How to Succeed Beyond the Small Stakes.” He’s also an author and editor of D+B Poker and the founder of pokercoaching.com. You can follow him on twitter @JonathanLittle.

Now that Jonathan has covered eight-six suited, there are 118 hands left on thepokergrid.com. 

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