The Poker Coaching Podcast with Jonathan Little

Kristen Foxen just made poker history by FOLDING POCKET KINGS (the 2nd best starting hand in poker) before the flop… Let’s talk about it!

Kristen Foxen is one of the absolute best poker players in the world. She has been a regular in the high stakes poker tournament circuit for years now and is known to get in there & battle with some of the most elite poker professionals alive today.

During the 2026 $100,000 buy-in Triton Poker Main Event that took place on Jeju Island, Kristen found herself as the 2nd shortest stack on the final table, when she looks down at pocket kings! However, things aren’t as simple as they seem after the first player to act (under the gun, and the shortest stack at the table) goes all-in for 8 big blinds. Then, the next player to act, Elton Tsang, calls the all-in, before Philip Sternheimer shoves his 25bb stack over the top.

This is one of the toughest spots to find yourself in at the poker table – fortunately for you, pokercoaching founder & poker coach of 20 years experience Jonathan Little analyzes this difficult spot & breaks the action down into digestible points, so that you can avoid disaster in your games!

In this video, you will learn about ICM (Independent Chip Model), how to adjust on the final table as a short stack, what your all-in range should be on a final table facing previous action, and what you should do at various stack depths from different positions at the poker table.

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Timestamps:
0:00 – UTG Goes All-in With QJss
2:01 – Elton Calls With TT
4:14 – Philip Wakes Up With JJ
6:49 – What Should Kristen Do With KK?
11:32 – Should Elton Call With TT?
13:36 – Outcome & After-Thoughts

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Mariano Poker has been making a name for himself with incredibly loose plays that often work out for him! In this hand, he makes a desperate bluff risking 5x the size of the pot in the process… T1000 is suspicious, but will he lay the best hand down, or make the call to win an absurdly large pot!

Jonathan Little is a poker coach with 20 years experience, and is the founder of pokercoaching.com. In this video, he analyzes this risky play made by Mariano poker, and gives you insights that will help you navigate difficult spots in your own poker games.

Jonathan teaches when to make polarized river bets, when to check it back and see a showdown, and when to make the hero call against your loose & splashy opponents!

Timestamps:
0:00 – Preflop
0:35 – Flop
1:58 – Turn
3:04 – River
5:32 – Was This A Good Play?

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Phil Hellmuth Jr. is the greatest poker player alive in the world today (according to Phil Hellmuth Jr.) and in this hand, he shows exactly why that is!

The WSOP Main Event is one of the most prestige tournaments of the year, it’s a $10,000 buy-in multi day event that regularly has thousands of entrants competing for millions of dollars, and the coveted WSOP Bracelet!

Jonathan Little is a poker coach with 20 years of experience and is the founder of PokerCoaching.com. In this video, he analyzes this huge hand from the featured table in which Phil Hellmuth Jr flops four fours (quads!) and his opponent has the Ace-high flush draw! Can Hellmuth keep his opponent in the pot long enough to get his whole stack? Watch to the end!

Timestamps:
0:00 – Preflop
2:00 – Flop
3:18 – Turn
5:01 – River
8:16 – Phil Explains Why He’s The Greatest

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Jungleman Dan Cates is a poker strategy master, known to put his opponents in the blender! But in this $1,200,000 poker hand – he’s the one left figuring things out when Elton Tsang removes his mic in the middle of a tank and leaves for a smoke break!

Jonathan Little is a poker coach with 20 years experience as well as the founder of PokerCoaching.com. In this video, he analzes this bizarre poker hand and gives you his thoughts on what to do when somebody leaves the table in the middle of the hand, when to be concerned, and what you should do if this happens in your games.

This hand took place during the Triton Series in London and features high stakes regulars Danny Tang, Elton Tsang and Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates.

Timestamps:
0:00 – Preflop
0:57 – Flop
2:57 – Turn
5:38 – River
9:41 – Elton’s In The Tank

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Hustler Casino Live’s Million Dollar Game did exactly what it says and produced many million dollar pots! Tom Dwan and Santhosh Suvarna start this hand with premium pocket pairs and it looks likely that Suvarna will lose a massive one. However, a favorable runout for Suvarna sees him end with quads – the super nuts! Is Tom Dwan still the G.O.A.T and will he correctly check back, or will Suvarna find the perfect line to stack Dwan?!

Usually when you flop a hand like top set on a very dry board and your opponents decide to bet into you, it is often a good strategy to slowplay since it is likely they don’t have a strong hand. This is even more the case against a loose splashy opponent who likes to double barrel and will take the opportunity to bluff more than usual.. It also helps protect your calling range and stops you being exploited as calling a bet doesn’t necessarily always mean that you have a medium to weak hand.

Tom Dwan also known as durrrr from his online days is a 39 year old American professional poker player. He is a favorite poker player for many around the world as they would watch him battle in the highest stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker before poker’s Black Friday hit. Dwan is known for his fearless style and crazy bluffs. He was a regular on Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker. Today, Durrrr is mostly known to play in high stakes private games in Asia. Durrrr is often seen on the Triton poker tour playing in the largest buy-in poker tournaments in the world. Dwan currently has over $6,900,000 in live poker tournament earnings which puts him in the top 300 on the all time money list.

Santhosh Suvarna is an Indian businessman active in the entertainment and real estate sectors. He’s known for promoting regional cinema and successfully investing in various property developments. His business skills and commitment to quality have made him a respected figure, inspiring many through his ventures and community efforts. Suvarna has over $19,800,000 in live poker tournament earnings, putting him in the top 100 on poker’s all-time money list. He has two World Series of Poker (WSOP) Bracelets. The first was from a $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller event at the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). The second came in at the 2024 WSOP, where he won the $250,000 Super High Roller for a career high-score of $5,415,152.

Hustler Casino Live is a full-scale, high value poker production. Unscripted and unedited, they host regular poker streams such as ‘Max Pain Monday’ and ‘Thirsty Thursday’. Some of the most notable poker players to have appeared on the show are Phil Ivey ‘The Tiger Woods of Poker’ ‘RaiseOnce’, Tom Dwan ’durrrr’, Phil Hellmuth ‘The Poker Brat’, Chris Moneymaker, Doug Polk ‘WCGRider, Garrett Adelstein ‘Gman’, Tony Guoga ‘Tony G’ and many more.

Preflop:
Alan Keating raises to $10,000 in the cutoff with 64 of diamonds before Tom Dwan chooses to 3-bet to $35,000 from the button with pocket kings. Santhosh Suvarna doesn’t 4-bet with pocket queens and cold calls from the small blind. Keating calls with his suited one gapper and the three poker players head to the flop.

Flop – Qc 8d 2s:
Suvarna flops the nuts with top set and starts with a check. Keating checks his six-high with a backdoor straight draw and backdoor flush draw before Dwan places out a continuation bet of $70,000 with his overpair. Suvarna smooth calls with his set of queens and Keating folds.

Turn – 5h:
The nuts stay the same on the five of hearts turn and Suvarna checks once more. Dwan elects to fire a second barrel of $165,000, perhaps hoping to get value from Suvarna if he has top pair. With the nuts, Suvarna calls again.

River – Qs:
The final queen in the deck arrives on the river and Suvarna ends up with quads. Suvarna checks for the last time and Dwan has to decide whether to bet or check his cowboys back. Will Dwan correctly check it back and save himself some money, or will he value own himself and lose a huge pot to Suvarna’s four of a kind? Stay tuned to the end of this poker video to see what happens.

Jonathan Little analyzes live poker hands from TV poker shows such as Poker After Dark, Hustler Casino Live, The Lodge Poker Club & PokerGO. He also analyzes popular poker vloggers such as Rampage Poker, Brad Owen, Jaman Burton, Ashley Sleeth, Wolfgang Poker and others!

You will also find many poker hands on this channel that contain some of the biggest names in the poker world such as; Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Doug Polk, Garrett Adelstein, Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan, Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates, Fedor Holz & many more!

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