Matthew Jarvis – Poker Player Profile
Matthew Jarvis of Surrey, British Columbia is one of the 27 players remaining in contention for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event title. Prior to the WSOP Main Event, Jarvis was a regular in the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza tournament series, registering several cashes.
His largest live tournament score came in November 2009, when he bubbled the final table of the British Columbia Poker Championship, earning a cash payout of just over $20,000. While a final table bubble in the Main Event would yield him quite a bit more as a consolation prize, Jarvis will certainly be setting his sights higher. The 2010 WSOP Main Event marks his first ever World Series cash.
Jarvis came in to Day 7 of the Main Event sixth in chips and stayed relatively quiet for most of the day, avoiding any major fireworks and slowly building his stack through a number of small pots. Towards the end of the day, he suffered a slight setback when Patrick Eskandar cracked his pocket aces.
Jarvis raised to 240,000 from early position and was called by Eskandar on the button; the big blind also called. The flop came down 8d-Kc-9c and Jarvis led out for 425,000. Eskandar thought for a moment before moving all-in for his last 1.965 million, prompting a fold from the third player. Jarvis called with Ah-As, but was not pleased to see his opponent’s red nines. There was no ace to come for Jarvis and he was forced to re-group. He did just that, showing great composure, surviving the day, and continuing his quest for the elusive championship bracelet and poker immortality.
Jarvis learned to play poker by reading various books and talking and playing with a number of close friends. He is currently a post-secondary business student.
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Poker lexicon:
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.
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