{"id":2522924,"date":"2023-09-16T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/?p=2522924"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:55:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:55:01","slug":"jonathan-jaffe-world-poker-tour-champion-and-heads-up-poker-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/jonathan-jaffe-world-poker-tour-champion-and-heads-up-poker-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Jaffe: WPT Champion and Heads-Up Poker Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the world of professional poker, it is incredibly difficult to achieve the longevity that has been maintained by PokerCoaching.com coach Jonathan Jaffe. Since establishing himself as one of poker\u2019s best heads-up sit &amp; go players in the early 2000\u2019s, Jaffe has gone on to excel in just about every variation no-limit hold\u2019em has to offer. A proven cash game crusher and reigning champion of the recently resurrected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokernews.com\/news\/2023\/07\/jonathan-jaffe-wins-111k-wpt-alpha8-for-one-drop-44127.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">World Poker Tour (WPT) Alpha8 super high roller tournament<\/a>, Jaffe\u2019s commitment to study and execution provides results regardless of the game being played. A seasoned poker coach who can be found hosting webinars when he isn\u2019t winning on the felt, the countless hours of strategy content provided by Jaffe reflect years of dedication to the game of poker. In preparation for his next big contribution to cash game content on PokerCoaching.com, Jaffe took the time to chat with me about the upcoming Advanced Cash Game Course and reflect on his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-table-of-contents uagb-toc__align-left uagb-toc__columns-1  uagb-block-f36b886d      \"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-scroll= \"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-offset= \"30\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTable Of Contents\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__list-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#poker-origins-poker-friends-and-leaving-college-early\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Poker Origins, Poker Friends, and Leaving College Early<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#the-genesis-of-iftarii\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">The Genesis of Iftarii<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#the-cash-game-career-of-jonathan-jaffe\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">The Cash Game Career of Jonathan Jaffe<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#being-a-pokercoachingcom-coach-and-the-advanced-cash-game-course\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Being a PokerCoaching.com Coach and the Advanced Cash Game Course<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#heads-up-cash-games-and-jaffes-upcoming-book-on-high-stakes-tournaments\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Heads-Up Cash Games and Jaffe&#039;s Upcoming Book on High Stakes Tournaments<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#conclusion-get-ready-for-the-advanced-cash-game-course\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Conclusion: Get Ready For The Advanced Cash Game Course!<\/a><\/ul><\/ul><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poker Origins, Poker Friends, and Leaving College Early<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Born and raised in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, the early days of Jonathan Jaffe are reflective of many poker pros who were in their teens or early twenties during the Moneymaker Boom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was a freshman in high school when <strong>Chris Moneymaker<\/strong> and the 2003 World Series of Poker was going on,\u201d Jaffe said. \u201cAll the guys in my high school who liked either sports or games also seemed to be into poker. ESPN did such a good job creating all these storylines and archetypes in a really fun way. We were all like \u2018whoa\u2019. It wasn\u2019t like basketball where you can\u2019t really emulate Michael Jordan, but I can go into my basement with my boys and flop a set of fours just like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/phil-ivey-bluff-catches-in-a-high-stakes-poker-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Phil Ivey<\/a><\/strong>. Poker has that accessibility where you can jump in and start winning in the short term, and that was really appealing to a bunch of young guys with big egos.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even at an early age playing for small stakes with friends, Jaffe could tell his poker abilities were better than most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe played a lot of $5 to $10 buy-in <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/5-reasons-why-3-bets-crush-in-cash-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cash games<\/a> and $5 to $10 tournaments. Everybody thought they were the greatest in our little circle, and I was no different,\u201d Jaffe recalled. \u201cPoker in the early 2000\u2019s really fit me nicely. If I had come up in the poker climate of today, I think the need for developing strong technical skills would have been too great a barrier of entry for me. When I was starting out, if you had a good strategic mind and could get a good feel for your opponent\u2019s strategy, that could go a long way. I wasn\u2019t reaching out to other players or looking at 2+2. I can tell you I had already been a professional for years before I saw my first preflop chart. I was just carving out different ideas, and my ego definitely got in the way of letting myself learn technical skills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his adolescence, Jaffe met individuals who would later go on to become his pro poker peers. Growing up with fellow WPT champion <strong>Brian Altman<\/strong>, Jaffe would also cross paths with high stakes tournament crusher <strong>Nick Petrangelo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNick and I met when we were 17,\u201d Jaffe said. \u201cWe had a few strange connections, it took us a few times to actually get together. We first met at a home game hosted by my college floormate who knew Nick. We quickly realized we were the only two guys who had much of a clue, but we didn\u2019t hit it off in any friendly way. Two months later my step-mom came into my room and said \u2018We just gave a ride home to your friend. Do you remember Nick Petrangelo?\u2019 It turned out that Nick missed a train coming home from New York, and he was asking people at the station for a ride. My parents gave him a ride home, got to talking, and he recognized a lot of me in my Dad and asked them if they had a son.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After another mutual friend informed both Jaffe and Petrangelo of each other\u2019s poker prowess, the two eventual poker pros would finally come together to discuss strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy childhood friend was his prep school roommate,\u201d Jaffe said. \u201cHe kept telling both of us how they had this other friend who was also really good at poker. Eventually, Nick decided he needed to investigate, and we then started hanging out and watching each other play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/F1NC6hJacAMlkvk.jpeg\" alt=\"PokerCoaching.com coach Jonathan Jaffe following his seven-figure win in the World Poker Tour Alpha8 for One Drop poker tournament.\" class=\"wp-image-2522966\" width=\"525\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/F1NC6hJacAMlkvk.jpeg 660w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/F1NC6hJacAMlkvk-633x420.jpeg 633w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Jonathan Jaffe following his seven-figure win in the World Poker Tour Alpha8 for One Drop<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>(Photo Courtesy of PokerNews)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Genesis of Iftarii<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At the age of 16, Jaffe would use the pay he received from working as a summer camp counselor to make his first deposit on <strong>PokerStars<\/strong>. Not wanting to alert his parents to his intentions of gambling online, he secured a money order from his bank and deposited $200 to the site. Starting with <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/how-to-play-multi-way-pots-in-online-poker-tournaments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">online no-limit hold\u2019em tournaments<\/a> and cash games, Jaffe eventually found his way to heads-up sit &amp; go\u2019s two years later.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating high school, Jaffe already knew what he wanted to do in life, but the desire of Jaffe\u2019s parents for him to attend college would cause a minor detour in his path to becoming a poker pro. Willing to work it out with his parents, Jaffe eventually agreed to attend university and began his brief stint in higher education.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI promised my parents I would attend college despite being self-sufficient money-wise due to poker,\u201d Jaffe shared.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI attended Westfield State University, it was a college twenty minutes away from my house. My Mom said to my Dad and me \u2018You guys have to start your college search\u2019 so we went there because it was close. We got to the parking lot, and there was a tour starting. I turned to my Dad and I said \u2018Look, if we don\u2019t have to do the tour and can go to lunch, I\u2019ll go here.\u2019 And he said \u2018Okay\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After enrolling at Westfield State and attending for a semester, Jaffe finally received his parent\u2019s blessing to drop out and pursue a career in poker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI asked my Dad every night if he was ready to let me drop out,\u201d Jaffe shared. \u201cAfter my first semester they let me out, I was free to play for a living.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally able to devote all of his time to poker, Jaffe fully immersed himself in the world of <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/how-to-switch-from-online-poker-tournaments-to-cash-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">online poker<\/a>, along with some memorable live cash game sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/push-fold-charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/jl-push-fold-charts-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Master a GTO short stack preflop poker tournament strategy and know when to move all-in with the help of Jonathan Little's Push Fold Charts on PokerCoaching.com\" class=\"wp-image-2519906\" width=\"633\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/jl-push-fold-charts-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/jl-push-fold-charts-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/jl-push-fold-charts-373x210.jpg 373w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/jl-push-fold-charts-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/jl-push-fold-charts-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/jl-push-fold-charts.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/push-fold-charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><em>Make the best preflop decisions with Jonathan Little&#8217;s Push\/Fold Charts!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Cash Game Career of Jonathan Jaffe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While Jaffe was making a name for himself playing online heads-up sit &amp; go\u2019s, he also earned a seat to an incredibly lively private cash game. Recalling some of his more memorable moments at the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/how-to-play-overpairs-out-of-position-in-cash-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cash game tables<\/a>, Jaffe shared how his straight-laced, 18-year-old self found a seat in what could only be called a Degen Game.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEarly on out of high school, I was fortunate to be plugged into a pretty cool private game,\u201d Jaffe shared. \u201cIn some ways, I was in over my head. I was a straight-edged 18-year-old who had never smoked weed or anything like that, and I was playing in a game that started at midnight and ended at 8 AM. Guys would occasionally do cocaine off of the table, and I even got partially paid out in fake money once. Regardless, it was still a great game and a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With success, Jaffe eventually moved away from the lively game as he continued to <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/cash-game-tips-three-signs-that-youre-ready-to-move-up-stakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">move up stakes<\/a> playing online heads-up sit &amp; go\u2019s. While Jaffe would build his career on being one of the best online heads-up sit &amp; go players, eventually the game variation became less profitable and accessible. Looking for a new way to make a living from poker, Jaffe transitioned to playing tournaments full-time, but not without making some money in the cash game streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 2013 I walked into the Bellagio just looking for something to do,\u201d Jaffe said. \u201cI decided to play cash and sat down at $25\/$50 and it was a very good game. There was a very good action rec who would sit with $100k and the game was incredibly deep stacked. I did not know if I was going to be a winning player due to how aggressive I usually was, but I played five or six sessions and it went well. From there, my ego spun that into \u2018okay, I\u2019m a good cash game player\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years later after moving to Florida, Jaffe\u2019s boredom would lead him back to the cash game arena.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was looking for something to do to augment the coaching and backing I was doing. I kept my eyes on Bravo, and saw that there was a $25\/$50 game running at The Isle at Pompano Beach,\u201d Jaffe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI made my way to the casino and saw that it was actually a $25\/$50\/$100 game. I only had about $17,000 on me, but I decided to sit down with that. They all looked at me kind of funny. There were a few recreationals but the rest seemed like pros, but I didn\u2019t know who any of them were. I played really aggressive, basically broke even, and just a couple of days later one of the pros found me on Facebook and invited me to play. Clearly, he thought I was good action, and I was fortunate enough to stick in this private game. The recreationals took a liking to me, and half the pros thought I was a whale. The other half were like \u2018don\u2019t do this, this is not a good idea.&#8217; Eventually, all the pros came to the conclusion that inviting me had in fact not been a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/15887834322_40e93e5c8f.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Jaffe following his six-figure poker tournament win in the 2014 World Poker Tour at Playground in Montreal.\" class=\"wp-image-2522993\" width=\"521\" height=\"347\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Jonathan Jaffe following his WPT title win in 2014 at Playground in Montreal<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Being a PokerCoaching.com Coach and the Advanced Cash Game Course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2008, Jonathan Jaffe would go toe-to-toe with the man himself, <strong>Jonathan Little<\/strong>. Heads-up in the WPT World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Casino, Jaffe and Jonathan faced off for the $1.1 million top prize in what would be a marathon of a duel. Despite heads-up play beginning at 10:30 PM, both Jonathans would play a total of 275 heads-up hands over the course of five hours, a WPT record at the time. At the end of the marathon heads-up showdown, Jonathan would come up on top after his A-Q bested Jaffe\u2019s A-10 during the final hand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with being on the receiving end of a heads-up loss to FieryJustice, Jaffe would eventually coach Jonathan as well as join Team PokerCoaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJonathan was one of the first people to ever hit me up for coaching,\u201d Jaffe said. \u201cHe asked me to coach him in heads-up. I\u2019m not sure what all we did or if it was one session or three sessions. Not that long after, and maybe this had been Jonathan\u2019s plan the whole time, he asked me to do some videos for Float The Turn. Many years later, after Jonathan started PokerCoaching.com, he offered me to come aboard and do some coaching. I was intrigued, and now I really enjoy it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contributing to PokerCoaching\u2019s quizzes, courses, and challenges, by far the most popular content put out by Jaffe is his webinars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGoing into it, I was thinking a lot more about being a perfectionist and pumping out videos where everything was correct,\u201d Jaffe recalled. \u201cI could say everything that I wanted, but it took a lot of time and the product came off a little bit more sterile. Jonathan suggested webinars from the get-go, and they are a billion times better. What I really enjoy is the interaction, being able to go back and forth and ask the audience and see what they say about a different spot. I try to react to that and give them some different answers to their questions. It ends up being a really pleasurable experience for me. I really appreciate all the members that come to the webinars, it makes it more fun for me when I have a big crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC03262-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Jaffe\" class=\"wp-image-2523164\" width=\"598\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC03262-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC03262-1-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC03262-1-373x210.jpg 373w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC03262-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC03262-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC03262-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Jonathan Jaffe playing $1\/$3 with PokerCoaching members <\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>at the 2022 company meet-up game<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heads-Up Cash Games and Jaffe&#8217;s Upcoming Book on High Stakes Tournaments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While Jaffe continues to provide popular webinars to students, he has also been collaborating with coaches Jonathan Little, <strong>Brad Wilson<\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/pokercoaching-coaches-crush-at-pokergo-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justin Saliba<\/a><\/strong> on PokerCoaching.com\u2019s upcoming Advanced Cash Game Course. Specifically focusing on heads-up cash game section of the course, Jaffe looks forward to helping students improve their play when only facing one opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMembers are going to come out with a better understanding of how the heuristics change at different depths and what kinds of combos they want to be using for check-raises on the flop,\u201d Jaffe said. \u201cLearning just how dirty turn play gets compared to what other players are doing, there is going to be a lot of familiarizing with overbets both on the turn and river.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s just a ton of information when you are adjusting to playing heads-up <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-hand-analysis-with-evan-jarvis-big-stack-in-a-cash-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">deep-stacked cash<\/a> because you have to fight it out with so many b******* hands. What every member takes away will be different, but there is a wealth of information when you are trying to get good at heads-up. I\u2019ll do my best to unload as much as possible in a clear manner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Jaffe continues to develop the upcoming Advanced Cash Game Course, he also has plans to eventually release a book detailing the behind-the-scenes of the high roller poker tournament scene. Drawing on his experience as well as interviewing other high stakes tournament pros, Jaffe hopes to provide poker fans and players a glimpse into the world of the nose bleeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe book is about the culture of the high rollers,\u201d Jaffe explained. \u201cIt\u2019s meant to be a look behind the curtain from someone who plays them about what it is like. It\u2019s not meant to be a big commercial book that draws in people who don\u2019t play poker, I think a lot of the PokerCoaching members are the heart of the audience.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the goal of providing a book PokerCoaching members would want to read, Jaffe hopes members are willing to provide feedback on what they would like to learn and read about in the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt would be cool to solicit some ideas from PokerCoaching members,\u201d Jaffe said. \u201cI\u2019m curious what people want to know about, I might get some interesting surprises!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to support Jonathan Jaffe and contribute some ideas on what you would like to read about in his eventual book on poker\u2019s high roller tournament scene, please comment below this article!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion: Get Ready For The Advanced Cash Game Course!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A special thank you to Jonathan Jaffe for taking the time to discuss his career, the game of poker, as well as the work he has been doing on the upcoming Advanced Cash Game Course. Be sure to check out PokerCoaching.com\u2019s newest course, set for release this November. In the meantime, if you are in need of cash game content and can\u2019t wait until November, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/the-best-preflop-strategy-to-crush-cash-games\/\">Jonathan Little\u2019s preflop strategy for crushing cash games<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of professional poker, it is incredibly difficult to achieve the longevity that has been maintained by PokerCoaching.com coach Jonathan Jaffe. 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