Table Of ContentReviews for Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 1
Little does an exemplary job of analyzing situations and giving sound advice in
an easy-to-read writing style that keeps you turning the pages.
Gamingtoday.com
Jonathan Little’s book may well be the best tournament poker book written since
Harrington’s.
PokerQ4.com
Here is the penultimate sentence in Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker:
“If you become lazy, you will be left in the dust.” Memorize, grasp, understand,
use the information Little offers, you’ll be the one kicking up that dust.
Jack Welch, Pokerheadrush.com
This book is a blend of analytical and common sense. For people who want to be
competitive in MTTs as currently played, I think that Little’s book is essential.
Thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk
This book may not be a break through book in the history of poker writing, but it
has all the masala to get you going and reach heights. After all this book comes
to you by someone who has already been there, seen it and done it all! Go Grab
it!
Pokerstarus.com
Jonathan Little is one of the premier tournament poker players in the world
today. I personally have learned so much from him and you can too.
Shannon Shorr
Reviews for Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 2
The second installment of two-time World Poker Tour Champion Jonathan
Little’s tournament poker strategy books is now available, and the poker world
has been wondering if Volume 2 will be able to live-up to the expectations and
reach or surpass the very high-bar set by Volume 1 of Secrets of Professional
Tournament Poker. Well I’m here to tell you that Volume 2 of the series is every
bit as good as Volume 1. After reading Volume 1 of the series I made the bold
prediction that Little’s tournament books would supplant the Harrington on
Hold’em series as the go-to source for tournament poker, and I have to say that
after reading Volume 2 I feel this prediction is a foregone conclusion.
Steve Ruddock, Pokernewsboy.com
I think the second volume provides a plethora of pertinent and interesting in‐
formation that would appeal to both new and existing readers of Little.
Chad Holloway, Pokernews.com
First published in 2013 by D & B Publishing Copyright © 2013 Jonathan Little The right of Jonathan Little
to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and
Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmit‐
ted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or other‐
wise, without prior permission of the publisher.
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978 1 90446 895 0
All sales enquiries should be directed to D&B Publishing: e-mail: [email protected]; website:
www.dandbpoker.com
Cover design by Horatio Monteverde.
Printed and bound by Versa Press in the US.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Notes on the Scoring System
1 $25,000 WPT Championship
Hand 1 Bad flop with little equity
Hand 2 Good flop with lots of equity
Hand 3 Tricky turn card
Hand 4 Weird turn spot
Hand 5 Big river decision
Hand 6 Representing the nuts
Hand 7 Tough river spot
Hand 8 Tricky flop decision
Hand 9 Flopped flush
Hand 10 Facing a continuation-bet
Hand 11 Scary turn
Hand 12 Valuetown
Hand 13 Fearing aggression
Hand 14 Cold-call of your reraise
Hand 15 Big pot
Hand 16 Facing turn aggression
Hand 17 Another set
Hand 18 Going to Valuetown
Hand 19 Tricky flop situation
Hand 20 Middle pair in a big pot
Hand 21 Finding value
Hand 22 Standard pre-flop situation
Hand 23 Avoiding trouble
Hand 24 Tricky spot
Hand 25 A-K against the tilter
Hand 26 Good flop, bad river
Hand 27 Tricky turn spot
Hand 28 Continuation-bet size
Hand 29 Double gutshot
Hand 30 Bad flop
Hand 31 A flush!
Hand 32 Facing a maniac
Hand 33 Post-flop against a shortstack
Hand 34 Round two vs. the shortstack
Hand 35 Looking for a set
Hand 36 Extracting Value
Hand 37 Top pair
Hand 38 Facing flop aggression
Hand 39 Going for value
Hand 40 Tricky spot
Hand 41 Facing a button raise
Hand 42 Small mistakes
Hand 43 Applying pressure
Hand 44 Thinking about ranges
Hand 45 Aggression from a tight player
Hand 46 Bad flop for Q-Q
Hand 47 Rockets
Hand 48 Turning a strong hand
Hand 49 Applying pressure pre-flop
Hand 50 Going for value
Hand 51 Fun river
Hand 52 Blind versus blind
Hand 53 Tough spot
Hand 54 Continuation-bet
Hand 55 Going for it
Hand 56 Poor flop
Hand 57 Attacking the aggressor
Hand 58 Pressure
Hand 59 Flopped monster
Hand 60 Tough flop
Hand 61 Inducing
$1,000 WSOP Event
Hand 62 Decent draw
Hand 63 Getting in
Hand 64 Flush draw
Hand 65 Nice turn
Hand 66 Dry flop
Hand 67 Pot control
Hand 68 Grinding the shortstack
Hand 69 Facing an all-in
Hand 70 Facing a calling station
Hand 71 Squeeze?
Hand 72 Tough river
Hand 73 Top pair
Hand 74 Tricky turn
Hand 75 Fun turn
Hand 76 Facing a maniac
Hand 77 Tough flop
Hand 78 Flop decision
Hand 79 Blind battle against tight kid
Hand 80 Fun turn spot
Hand 81 Facing a flop lead
Hand 82 The trap
Hand 83 Late position brawl
Hand 84 Facing a tilter
Hand 85 Monster
Hand 86 Blind battle against a tiny stack
Hand 87 Thievery
Hand 88 Tricky situation
Hand 89 Button aggression
Hand 90 Near the bubble
Hand 91 Flopped nuts
Hand 92 Fantastic odds
Hand 93 Facing a strong player
Hand 94 Check-raise
Hand 95 Pot control
Hand 96 Common button situation
Hand 97 Getting action
Hand 98 Standard shortstack situation
Hand 99 Trying to build a stack
Hand 100 Decent odds
Hand 101 Tiny all-in
Hand 102 Shortstacked
Hand 103 Shallow-stacked
Hand 104 Tough spot with a shortstack
Hand 105 Facing a nit
Hand 106 Shortstack situation
$2,500 WSOP Event
Hand 107 Ace magnets
Hand 108 Blind skirmish
Hand 109 Multiway
Hand 110 Control
Hand 111 Fun turn
Hand 112 Getting maximum value
Hand 113 Paying attention
Hand 114 Trapping
Hand 115 Gathering info
Hand 116 Standard flop play
Hand 117 Good turn card
Hand 118 Lots of options
Hand 119 Bad flop
Hand 120 Getting tricky
Hand 121 Facing a cold 4-bet
Hand 122 Facing a 3-bet
Hand 123 Numerous tricky spots
Hand 124 Bad flop
Hand 125 Dealing with an all-in
Hand 126 Facing a crazy guy
Hand 127 Pressurizing a shortstack
Hand 128 Terrible flop in a multiway pot
Hand 129 Taking the initiative
Hand 130 Caution
Hand 131 Nice flop in multiway pot
Hand 132 Lots of action
Hand 133 Missed flop
Hand 134 Top set
Hand 135 Tricky post-flop situation
Hand 136 Blind skirmish
Hand 137 A shortstack on the bubble
Hand 138 Fighting a bully
Hand 139 Getting aggressive
Hand 140 Big decision
Hand 141 Stealing
Hand 142 Premium hand
Hand 143 Good odds
Hand 144 Tricky pre-flop spot
Hand 145 A bit out of line
Hand 146 Shortstacked
Hand 147 Not as good as it looks
Hand 148 Facing a nit
Hand 149 Good odds
Hand 150 Early position battle
Conclusion
