Matt Hits The Mat

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In two swift moves, JP Kelly has taken all of Matthew Jarvis' chips.

First, Kelly flat-called in the big blind against Jarvis' UTG raise and check-called a 3,600 bet on the {J-Hearts} {2-Spades} {7-Clubs} flop. He then check-called 6,200 on the {8-Diamonds} turn and 9,700 on the {8-Spades} river.

Jarvis showed {A-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} but Kelly had played his {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} extra slowly allowing the November Niner to value-cut himself.

"I thought about check-raising the flop," Kelly said later, "but I think he might have been a good enough player to get away from it."

This pot left Jarvis as a short stack and he called all-in from the big blind with {K-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} after Kelly set him in from the small with {Q-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} . The board came {A-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {9-Spades} {A-Spades} {4-Hearts} and that was enough to see Kelly up his stack to 84,000