Matthew Jarvis

The Poker Player in Matthew Jarvis

Hailing from Surray, in British Columbia, Matthew Jarvis has recently shot into the limelight with his position at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event title. While Matthew was always into poker, it was the online ease that many of the sites offered that made him go on with the game.

There are several advantages of playing poker online; however, the one that we often forget is the new talent that this facility is bringing in to the porker world. Many players like Matthew Jarvis have come up with some great strategy formation and their talent has come to the forefront due to sites that promote poker online.

Having said this let us move on to the various achievements in the field of poker by Matthew Jarvis

World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event title –
This is by far one of the most important achievements of Matthew Jarvis and the final result is yet to be seen. Matthew is now one of the 27 players in the game. He came into the 7th round as a player with the 6th highest number of chips. Rather than play loose, Matthew has instead decided to play tight Instead. The player did not make any major moves through the day. However, he managed to pick up a few small pots and thereby increase his booty. Patrick Eskandar however, caused a huge blow to Matthew, though the latter has to be given marks on how well he conducted himself despite the loss. 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 took a while to decide and then moved all-in for his last 1.965 million, prompting a fold from the third player. Jarvis called with Ah-As but luck favored Eskandar who came up with red nines.

Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza tournament series-
Matthew has made his mark here and in fact is known to have won quite a few games on this site. Statistics indicate that Matthew has cashed several times and by the end of it won quite a lot on this site.

The British Columbia Poker Championship –
A huge milestone in the journey of Matthew’s poker career the British Columbia Poker Championship was where the world learnt of Matthew. Matthew won more than $20,000 here and also earned himself a place in the final of the tournament. While there is no denying the fact that the runner ups prize is also worth a lot, it is true that Matthew is aiming at the lead winners position and not ready to settle for less.

One cannot over look the talent that Matthew possesses. His game is indeed above par. He seems to be a gem in the making and one is hopeful that in the coming years he will better his game and be classified as one of the best players of poker. Let us wait and watch to see where Matthew takes his poker graph.