} Matthew "Matt" Jarvis is a Canadian professional poker player from Surrey, British Columbia, known for his

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appearance in the

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Main Event. He earned his first

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at the

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Career

In 2010, he opted not to participate in most of the preliminary

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(WSOP) events. Instead, he participated in several no limit hold 'em events at the June 2010 Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III, placing in the money in three of them. At the 7,319-player 2010 World Series of Poker US$10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Event 57 (2010 WSOP Main Event), he entered the final table fifth in chips. During the interim between the main summer WSOP events and the November Nine final table he earned a Canadian Open Poker Championship victory in the August 23, 2010 64-player No Limit Hold'em - Heads-Up Championship, earning . He also had an in the money finish with a 40th place in the September 17, 2010 World Series of Poker Europe 582-player No Limit Hold’em Event 3 for a prize of . At his November Nine appearance at the final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event he placed 8th, earning US$1,045,743 for his first WSOP

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finish. He was eliminated after getting all-in preflop, falling behind on the flop and turning a

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, but losing to a higher rivered full house against

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's when the cards ran . Jarvis plays online under the name Jarfish (with variations on the upper and lower cases at different poker networks). He has numerous five-figure online victories and in 2011 established his online career high prize with a victory in the 387-player July 23, 2011 $2000+100 Absolute Poker - UBOC16 $750K GTD High Roller No Limit Hold 'em Tournament for a prize of $193,500.

World Series of Poker

Jarvis earned his first World Series of Poker Bracelet at by winning the 732-player $5,000 2011 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed Event 40 for a prize of US$808,538. It was his tenth career WSOP event and the victory made him the third November Nine player (after Eric Buchman and

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) to win a bracelet in the following year's WSOP.

Personal

Jarvis was born in

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