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Rep Porter
Porter after winning the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event at the 2008 World Series of Poker
ResidenceWoodinville, Washington
Born1971 (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

  1. ^ "Poker Player Profile - Ralph (Rep) Porter". bluffmagazine.com. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  2. ^ "Rep Porter - results". TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  3. ^ World Series of Poker Earnings, worldseriesofpoker.com