Jonathan Little picked up his biggest live tournament win of the last decade on Monday, January 29, 2024. World Poker Tour champion and Card player The columnist defeated a stacked final table in event no. 3 of poker go cup, He earned $229,500 for the win.
It was the seventh-highest total of Little’s career, which includes his million-dollar World Series victories. WPT. Little now has approximately $8.4 million in tournament winnings registered to his name.
we an act He. She!!!
First place in @bukerjo The 10,000 cup is worth $230,000!
Thank you so much for all the love, it was a blast! pic.twitter.com/RBVK9bX3I9
-Jonathan Little (@JonathanLittle) January 30, 2024
This was Little’s second title won inside Bookergo studio in ARIA The resort and casino in the past few months. In late October he dropped Call StormX Third For a payday of $130,386.
The PokerCoaching.com founder has already reached three final tables in 2024, with two seventh-place finishes and this win. Everyone was told that he had collected 720 Card player Player of the Year points and $288,600 so far Boy Profits. As a result, he is now 50th in the 2024 championship Boy The race is presented by World poker.
The event attracted 85 entries to build a prize pool of $850,000. The top 13 contestants took home the money, but only seven advanced to the final day. twice World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Jesse Loness retained the chip lead at the start, with Little sitting in the middle of the pack when the cards came up in the air for the second day.
Winner of the bracelet six times and twice WPT Champion Daniel Negreanu was the first to fall. His group took an early hit when Brock Wilson’s K-2 group outperformed his proper AQ. He then allotted most of his hand using five-ahead cards and took the rest after getting a flush draw on the flop. He was up against a higher draw and a higher pair for bracelet winner Alex Foxen. The turn improved Foxen to queens and tens, leaving Negreanu needing five on the river. The river didn’t help and he was eliminated in seventh place ($34,000). He now has approximately $51.1 million in lifetime tournament earnings after that, his 468th career cash on record.
Wilson was next to the rail, losing a prior coin toss to Dan Shack for sixth place ($42,500). Shortly after that, Daniel Wynand took it all in with a straight draw against the pocket queens in Foxen. The overpair held out and Wynand headed to the cage to collect $59,500.
Little doubled twice during four-handed play, leaving Lounis short after the second. He then got a dozen to go against Lonis’s short pot of four big blinds. The duo held off Lonis J-6 to narrow the field to three. Lonis earned $76,500 for placing fourth. This was his third final table of the year, taking home more than $503,000 Boy Profits already accumulated in 2024. It now ranks 8th in Boy Ranking as a result.
Shaq was left fuming after a pre-race with a proper A-10 against Foxen’s fourth pocket failed to go his way. He soon joined Q-8 facing off against AJ of Little. Both players paired their high cards on the flop, but Little held on from there to knock Shaq out of third place ($106,250). He now has approximately $14.4 million in lifetime cash to his name.
Singles play began with Little holding 6,425,000 to Foxen’s 4,200,000. Foxen was able to close the gap and move into the lead before Little won a crucial pre-flop battle with A
6
v. kC. The high ace was played next to the river to give him a nearly 3:1 lead.
On the last hand, Little pushed from the button and Foxen called all-in for 2,475,000 with K
2. Reveal a little k10. Board 8 ran out7
685 To send the container and address in a little way. Foxen earned $148,750 for second place. This was already his third Go poker tour Cash of the year. His 265 points in this high-stakes race is good Fourth place in the season standings. Foxen has claimed seven finals at the table so far in 2024, winning one title. His 1,545 Boy The points are good for third place in the standings.
Here’s a look at the returns and ranking points awarded in the last day:
| place | player | Profits | Boy points | Bgt points |
| 1 | Jonathan Little | $229,500 | 480 | 230 |
| 2 | Alex Foxen | $148,750 | 400 | 149 |
| 3 | Dan shack | $106,250 | 320 | 106 |
| 4 | Jesse Lonis | $76,500 | 240 | 77 |
| 5 | Peter Wynand | $59,500 | 200 | 60 |
| 6 | Brooke Wilson | $42,500 | 160 | 43 |
| 7 | Daniel Negreanu | $34,000 | 120 | 34 |
Image credits: PokerGO/Antonio Abrego.
