Author name: Jonathan Little

Jonathan Little is a two-time WPT champion and WSOP bracelet winner with $9M+ in tournament earnings, and the founder of PokerCoaching.com. He helps players identify leaks and turn strategy into consistent results through a structured system.

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Heads-Up Poker Mistakes That Cost Beginners the Match
August 12, 2026 5 min

Heads-Up Poker Mistakes That Cost Beginners the Match

Heads-up poker looks simple. Two players, wide ranges, constant action. Then you actually play a match, and the blinds hit you every single hand, every decision is yours alone, and the leaks you could hide […]

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Going For It With King High: K6s LJ vs BB at 60bb MTT
August 10, 2026 7 min

Going For It With King High: K6s LJ vs BB at 60bb MTT

Knowing when to give up a missed draw is a skill, but so is knowing when it is correct to be going for it. The same blocker logic that tells you to check down some […]

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3 Common GTO Mistakes That Lose You Money
August 6, 2026 5 min

3 Common GTO Mistakes That Lose You Money

When a weak player never bluffs, you know exactly what to do and stop paying off their river bets. When a loose player calls everything, you stop bluffing and bet your good hands. Easy game. […]

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Leading the Flop When Short: J7s BB vs CO at 15bb MTT
August 6, 2026 7 min

Leading the Flop When Short: J7s BB vs CO at 15bb MTT

Most players never lead into the preflop raiser. They were taught that the out-of-position player should check to the aggressor, full stop. But at shallow stack depths on the right board textures, leading the flop, […]

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Small Stakes Cash Game Strategy: 5 Tips to Beat $1/$2
August 4, 2026 10 min

Small Stakes Cash Game Strategy: 5 Tips to Beat $1/$2

Perfect theoretical play leaves a lot of money on the table against opponents who repeat the same predictable mistakes hand after hand, and that’s what you are mostly facing in small-stakes cash games. The players […]

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Small Stakes Cash Game Quiz
August 2, 2026 2 min

Small Stakes Cash Game Quiz

You have been raising to $10 at $1/$3 preflop and you get dealt A-A UTG at an 8-handed table. What should you do? Raise smaller to $6 Raise to $10 Limp Raise larger to $12 […]

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Range Advantage in Multiway Pots: When to Bet First
July 30, 2026 7 min

Range Advantage in Multiway Pots: When to Bet First

Some players literally never bet into the preflop raiser in multiway pots, and that is a mistake that costs them chips on some of the most favorable boards they will ever see. Betting into the […]

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What’s New in PeakGTO: Orbit Mode, Chip Mode, RangeSweeper, and More
July 29, 2026 8 min

What’s New in PeakGTO: Orbit Mode, Chip Mode, RangeSweeper, and More

If you’ve had your head down grinding this spring and summer, you’ve missed a lot. Since April, PeakGTO has shipped almost non-stop: a brand new way to train full sessions, faster controls, cleaner feedback, and […]

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Overbetting in Poker: How to Find Big Bets With Deep Stacks
July 28, 2026 7 min

Overbetting in Poker: How to Find Big Bets With Deep Stacks

Overbets used to be rare enough to look like wild plays, but they actually are a natural product of sound theory, and the players who understand where these bets come from win bigger pots with […]

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Double Gutshot Straight Draw: T9s UTG vs CO at 30bb MTT
July 24, 2026 7 min

Double Gutshot Straight Draw: T9s UTG vs CO at 30bb MTT

Some of the best semi-bluffs in tournament poker do not look like draws at all on the surface. A tournament hand that flops a double gutshot straight draw has eight clean outs to the nuts, […]

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How to Steal Blinds Profitably: 5 Essential Preflop Tips
July 23, 2026 7 min

How to Steal Blinds Profitably: 5 Essential Preflop Tips

Every orbit, the blinds put dead money in the pot, and every time the action folds to you, that money is up for grabs. Knowing how to steal blinds in poker is one of the […]

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Probe Betting: When Should You Take Back The Initiative
July 21, 2026 5 min

Probe Betting: When Should You Take Back The Initiative

Probe betting is one of the most underused and misunderstood weapons in Texas Hold’em. Many players fall into the habit of playing passively when out of position, even when the preflop aggressor checks back the […]

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Bluffing a Paired Board: J9s BB vs HJ at 25bb MTT
July 20, 2026 7 min

Bluffing a Paired Board: J9s BB vs HJ at 25bb MTT

The hardest part of running a multi-street bluff is knowing when to keep firing and when to slow down. On a paired board, the threat of trips lets you attack aggressively, but not every turn […]

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Late Stage Tournament Strategy: How to Play When It Matters Most
July 16, 2026 9 min

Late Stage Tournament Strategy: How to Play When It Matters Most

The late stages of a poker tournament compress every decision. Stacks are shorter, antes inflate the relative value of each pot, and the bubble creates genuine pressure on players who cannot afford to be wrong. […]

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Introducing RangeSweeper: PeakGTO’s New Preflop Range Trainer
July 15, 2026 5 min

Introducing RangeSweeper: PeakGTO’s New Preflop Range Trainer

Most players “study” their preflop range trainer by staring at a chart, nodding, and closing the tab. Then they sit down, face a 3-bet from the cutoff, and the range they were sure they knew […]

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Middle Stage Tournament Strategy: How to Navigate the Pressure
July 9, 2026 10 min

Middle Stage Tournament Strategy: How to Navigate the Pressure

The middle stages of a poker tournament are where fields get separated. Early survival play stops working. Short-stack shove-fold is not quite the right framework either. You are caught between needing to accumulate chips and […]

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Aggression Out of Position: A9s UTG+1 vs CO 50bb MTT
July 8, 2026 7 min

Aggression Out of Position: A9s UTG+1 vs CO 50bb MTT

Most players are too passive when they are out of position. They check, they give up the initiative, and they let the in-position player run them over on boards that actually favor the out-of-position raiser. […]

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Early Stage Tournaments Strategy: How to Build Your Stack
July 7, 2026 8 min

Early Stage Tournaments Strategy: How to Build Your Stack

The early levels of a poker tournament are not just a warm-up. They are where you build the stack that everything else runs on. Players who treat the early stages as low stakes — playing […]

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Finding Bluffs OOP: 98s CO vs BTN at 40bb MTT
July 6, 2026 7 min

Finding Bluffs OOP: 98s CO vs BTN at 40bb MTT

Bluffing out of position is harder than bluffing in position, because you have to act first on every street and you cannot see what your opponent does before committing chips. That forces you to check […]

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Small Blind Strategy: How to Play This Tough Position
July 2, 2026 7 min

Small Blind Strategy: How to Play This Tough Position

The small blind is the worst position at the poker table. You are forced to put money in before the cards are dealt, and then you play every postflop street out of position against everyone […]

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Pair Plus a Draw Out of Position: QTs LJ vs HJ 100bb Cash
July 1, 2026 7 min

Pair Plus a Draw Out of Position: QTs LJ vs HJ 100bb Cash

A pair with an open-ended straight draw feels like a hand that wants to bet, bet, bet. Out of position against a caller, though, the most profitable line is often more patient and more thoughtful. […]

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