Rep Porter

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Rep Porter
File:Rep Porter.jpg
Porter after winning the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event at the 2008 World Series of Poker
Residence Woodinville, Washington
Born 1971 (age 52–53)
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 2
Money finish(es) 16
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		 12th, 2013
World Poker Tour
Title(s) None
Final table(s) 1
Money finish(es) 6

Ralph "Rep" Porter (born 1971) is an American professional poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event and the 2011 World Series of Poker $2,500 Seven Card Razz event.

Porter graduated from the University of Washington and worked as an equity options trader prior to becoming a professional poker player.[1]

World Series of Poker

Porter has 23 cashes at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) among them was making the Final Table in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event at the 2006 WSOP, coming in 4th earning $39,339, and a 39th place in the Main Event at the 2007 WSOP, earning $237,865.

On June 5, 2008 Porter won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,500 Buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event at the 2008 World Series of Poker, earning $372,843.

Porter finished 12th in the 2013 WSOP Main Event, earning $573,204. He cashed in two additional events in the 2013 WSOP, including a 4th place finish in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event.

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year Event Prize Money
2008 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed) $372,843
2011 $2,500 Seven Card Razz $210,615

Other poker events

Porter has five cashes in World Poker Tour championship events and came in second in the $2,500 Limit Hold'em event at the 2007 L.A. Poker Classic, earning $48,380 and finishing second at the $9,700 Championship at the 2006 World Series of Poker Circuit event in Caesars - Atlantic City, earning $192,060. In September 2009, Porter placed 4th in the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic, earning $121,115.

As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,195,366.[2] His 23 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,674,208 of those winnings.[3]

Notes

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  3. ↑ World Series of Poker Earnings, worldseriesofpoker.com

External links

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