Rep Porter

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Rep Porter
Rep Porter (2008)
Rep Porter (2008)
  Personal information  
Date of birth April 6, 1971
place of residence United StatesUnited States Woodinville
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 573,204
Total prize money $ 3,990,956
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 3
Cashes 53
Best main event 12. ( 2013 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 9
Last updated: March 16, 2020

Ralph "Rep" Porter (born April 6, 1971 ) is a professional American poker player . He is three-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Life

Porter graduated from the University of Washington . Before starting his poker career, he worked in finance as a stock trader. Porter is married and has two daughters. The family lives in Woodinville , Washington State .

Poker career

Career

Porter has been participating in prestigious live tournaments since 2003 .

After two money finishes at the World Poker Tour in autumn 2004 Porter was in June 2005 for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and finished at a tournament in Limit Hold'em the 15th place for 12,000 US dollars . He reached a final table at the 2006 WSOP and ended up in the money three times. In July 2007 Porter was successful for the first time at the WSOP main event and finished the tournament in 39th place for his highest prize money to date of just under 250,000 US dollars. A year later he won a tournament in No Limit Hold'em for which he received his first bracelet and a prize of more than 370,000 US dollars. At the championship event of the Merit Cyprus Classic as part of the World Poker Tour in Cyprus , Porter finished fourth in mid-September 2009 and won around 120,000 US dollars. He secured his second bracelet in late June 2011 when he won a tournament in Seven Card Razz for over $ 200,000. When the WSOP main event in 2013 took Porter, which earned him his twelfth place highest ever prize money of around 575,000 US dollars. At the 2015 World Series of Poker , he narrowly missed winning his third bracelet and finished the Dealers Choice Championship in second place. In June 2016 he secured his third bracelet with another win in the Seven Card Razz variant . At the 2018 WSOP , Porter finished second in the Pot Limit Omaha Championship behind Loren Klein for just under $ 630,000 in prize money.

In total, Porter has earned just under four million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Porter cashed 53 times at the WSOP and won three bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2008 1500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed 1236 372.843
2011 2500 Seven Card Razz 0363 210.615
2016 1500 Seven Card Razz 0461 142,624

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rep Porter in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on April 28, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Rep Porter in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on April 28, 2016 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Rep Porter in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 28, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ 36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005 ($ 5,000 Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ 39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 ($ 1,500 Short-handed No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ WPT Merit Cyprus Classic ($ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 28, 2016 (English).
  8. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 2,500 Seven Card Razz) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 28, 2016.
  10. ↑ 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 ($ 10,000 Dealers Choice Championship (Event # 67)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 28, 2016 (English).
  11. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 1,500 Seven Card Razz (Event # 13)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 28, 2016.
  12. ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 10,000 Pot Limit Omaha - Championship (Event # 49)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 28, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Porter, Rep
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Porter, Ralph (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1971