Little Wins!
by Court on 11.12.08, 4:36 am
Things had started to look grim for Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little as heads up play continued on towards a record breaking number of hands. Little was able to get 2 big double ups and then win a hand to close the deal and claim the title.
The first double up came when Little (right) had only a little over 2 million chips. He moved all in and Jaffe called with the A
3
while Little had to in between cards with the J
T
. Little his a ten on an all heart flop so any ace or any heart would have given the title to Jaffe. It wasn’t in the cards though and Little doubled to 4.2 million.
Jaffe still had a comfortable lead, and was able to get Little all in again. Jaffe raised to 500k and Little came over the top for his 4 million chip stack. Jaffe called and his pocket eights were the best of it going in against Little’s K5 but Little picked up a lot of outs on a board showing JT29 and with the Q on the turn he made a flush (Jaffe did not have the 8) and was able to double up again, this time taking the chip lead with 8 million to Jaffe’s 4.3 million.
In what ended up being the last hand of the tournament, Jonathan Little raised to 850k and Jaffe moved all in. Little quickly called. Little’s AQ was well ahead of the AT for Jaffe and the board did nothing to improve Jaffe’s hand.
After 5 hours of heads up play where the chip lead went back and forth time again, Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little was finally able to emerge as the victor at the Foxwoods World Poker Finals. Jon Jaffe ends up in 2nd place for $670,636.
The victory for Little is his second World Poker Tour title at his fourth WPT final table. He can now add a Foxwoods trophy alongside the one he won at the Mirage in 2007. Little’s victory here brings $1,120,310 to go along with the trophy.
