Rep Porter
{{Short description|American poker player (born 1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
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|hometown=Woodinville, Washington
|birth_date={{birth year and age|1971}}
|wsop bracelet count=3
|wsop money finishes=53
|wsop main event best finish rank=12th
|wsop main event best finish year=2013
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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, the 2011 World Series of Poker $2,500 Seven Card Razz event, and the 2016 World Series of Poker $1,500 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.{{Cite web |title=Poker Player Profile - Ralph (Rep) Porter |url=http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/ralph-rep-porter/642/player-profile.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609215648/http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/ralph-rep-porter/642/player-profile.asp |archive-date=June 9, 2008 |access-date=June 9, 2008 |website=BLUFF}}
World Series of Poker
Porter has 55 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 World Series of Poker, coming in 4th earning $39,339, and a 39th place in the Main Event at the 2007 World Series of Poker, earning $237,865.{{Cite web |title=37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006, Limit Hold'em Shootout |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=15845 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, World Championship No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=26201 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |title=39th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2008, Short-handed No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=29682 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |title=44th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2013, World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event #62) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=80534 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=44th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2013, H.O.R.S.E. (Event #15) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=80485 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
In 2018, Porter came in 2nd in the $10k Pot Limit Omaha - Eight Handed Championship, earning his largest prize to date of $629,378.{{Cite web |title=49th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2018, Pot Limit Omaha - Championship (Event #49) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=472362 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
= World Series of Poker bracelets =
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.{{Cite web |title=2007 L.A. Poker Classic, Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=25899 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=WSOP Circuit - WSOPC Atlantic City, Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=17429 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} In September 2009, Porter placed 4th in the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic, earning $121,115.{{Cite web |title=World Poker Tour - WPT Merit Cyprus Classic, No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=37145 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
As of 2019, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,980,000.{{Cite web |title=Ralph Porter's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=21955 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} His 55 cashes at the WSOP account for $3,280,000 of those winnings.{{Cite web |title=Rep Porter |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=642 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=WSOP.com}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/4359/wsop-bracelet-winner-q-and-a-rep-porter CardPlayer.com - WSOP: Bracelet Winner Q and A -- Rep Porter]
- [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/72706-rep-porter Card Player profile]
- [https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=21955 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/rep-porter/ WPT profile]
- [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=642 WSOP profile]
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Category:American poker players