Ralph "Rep" Porter (born 1971) is an American professional

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player who won the

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$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event, the

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$2,500 Seven Card Razz event, and the

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$1,500 Seven Card Razz event. Porter graduated from the

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and worked as an equity options trader prior to becoming a professional poker player.

World Series of Poker

Porter has 55 cashes at the

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(WSOP) among them was making the Final Table in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event at the

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, coming in 4th earning $39,339, and a 39th place in the Main Event at the

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, earning $237,865. On June 5, 2008. Porter won his first

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in the $1,500 Buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event at the

, 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. In 2018, Porter came in 2nd in the $10k Pot Limit Omaha - Eight Handed Championship, earning his largest prize to date of $629,378.

World Series of Poker bracelets

Other poker events

Porter has five cashes in

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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 2019, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,980,000. His 55 cashes at the WSOP account for $3,280,000 of those winnings.

References

External links

CardPlayer.com - WSOP: Bracelet Winner Q and A -- Rep PorterCard Player profileHendon Mob profileWPT profileWSOP profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Porter, Rep American poker players Living people World Series of Poker bracelet winners 1971 births