Matt Jarvis (poker player)

Matt Jarvis
Matt Jarvis (2010)
Personal information
Year of birth	1984
place of birth	Canada Richmond
Nickname	JarfishPokerStars, Full Tilt Poker & Absolute Poker
place of residence	Canada Vancouver
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	$ 1,045,743
Total prize money	$ 2,607,125
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	1
Cashes	15th
Best main event	8. ( 2010 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	2
Last updated: February 9, 2020

Matthew "Matt" Jarvis (* 1984 in Richmond , British Columbia ) is a professional Canadian poker player .

Personal

Jarvis comes from Surrey in the Canadian province of British Columbia and studied business administration . He lives in Vancouver .

Poker career

Jarvis learned poker playing with friends and reading various poker books. He plays online under the nickname Jarfish . Jarvis has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2008 .

His first major tournament was the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in July 2010 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas , in which he participated as one of 7,319 players. There Jarvis reached the final table with the fifth largest chip stack , which was played as part of the November Nine from November 6, 2010. He took eighth place and received more than one million US dollars in prize money . In the 2011 WSOP Jarvis won a tournament in the variant No-Limit Hold'em and a bracelet and more than 800,000 US dollars prize money. At the end of November 2014, Jarvis won a high roller tournament in Kahnawake and secured more than $ 100,000 in prize money.

In total, Jarvis has earned more than $ 2.5 million playing poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Matt Jarvis - Collection of Images

Matt Jarvis in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
Matt Jarvis in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
Matt Jarvis in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b WSOP 2010 - Who are the November Nine? on pokerolymp.com on July 18, 2010, accessed April 15, 2016.
↑ ^a ^b Matt Jarvis in the World Series of Poker database, accessed April 15, 2016.
↑ Matt Jarvis in the Global Poker Index database, accessed April 15, 2016.
↑ ^a ^b Matt Jarvis in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 15, 2016.
↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 15, 2016.
↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 15, 2016.
↑ The Playground Poker Fall Classic / WPT Montreal (C $ 10,000 + 400 No Limit Hold'em High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 15, 2016 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Jarvis, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jarvis, Matthew (full name); Jarfish (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH	1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Richmond , British Columbia , Canada

[pokerolymp-1] WSOP 2010 - Who are the November Nine? on pokerolymp.com on July 18, 2010, accessed April 15, 2016.

[wsop-2] Matt Jarvis in the World Series of Poker database, accessed April 15, 2016.

[3] Matt Jarvis in the Global Poker Index database, accessed April 15, 2016.

[hendonmob-4] Matt Jarvis in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 15, 2016.

[5] 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 15, 2016.

[6] 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 15, 2016.

[7] The Playground Poker Fall Classic / WPT Montreal (C $ 10,000 + 400 No Limit Hold'em High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 15, 2016 (English).