Jarvis Shows Courage, Cards
Justin Filtz opened with a standard raise, Matt Jarvis called, and the flop came . Filtz bet 205,000, and Jarvis hesitated briefly before calling. The turn then brought the . Filtz sat silently for a half-minute, then pushed out enough green (25,000) chips for a bet of 450,000.
Jarvis took his time responding to the bet. Finally, he announced a raise to 1.15 million. Filtz thought about 20 seconds, then folded. Jarvis immediately held up his cards for all to see -- !
We'll see if this instance of a player bluffing (and showing) affects the dynamic of what has already been a lengthy, well-fought heads-up battle. Jarvis is up to about 6.5 million now, and Filtz down to 4.4 million.