Event 9 of this 2008 World Series of Poker was one of three, 6-max, No Limit Hold’Em tournaments on the schedule. 6-max Event 31 has a buy-in of $2500 and 6-max Event 46 has a buy-in of $5000, but Event 9 lead the way to the bigger cash with a buy-in of $1500.
The event featured 1,236 entrants for a final prize pool of $1,687,140, and took place over the course of three days. Since a huge amount of the big name pros were playing in the mixed game extravaganza, also know as Event 8, Event 9 had a field laced with new comers and unknown seasoned pros trying to make their mark.
Ralph (Rep) Porter, who eventually would take down his first bracelet, was no stranger to success. Before his bracelet win which pushed his earnings into the millions, he had cashes in major tournaments over the last four years totaling well into the six-figure range. His largest being 39th in last years Main Event for over $200,000.
Poker Pro Michael Brummelhuis was the chip leader going into the final table and Porter was in third. But, after two sizable pots in which Porter triumphed over Brummelhuis, Porter ended up with a major chip lead and Brummelhuis was sent to rails in 6th. Porter kept his chip lead until he was three-handed with fellow pros Nathan Templeton (30 years old) and Devin Porter (24 years old), who is not related to Rep.
After some heads-up play, the younger of the two Porters, Devin, had acquired the chip lead. Rep’s tournament life was then on-the-line when he went all-in with pocket tens against the AJ of Devin. Rep’s tens held up and he then had a massive chip lead. The pot left Devin with less than a couple of blinds and it only took one more hand for him to be the 3rd place finisher.
As heads up play began, Rep was a 2.7 to 1 chip leader of Templeton. One double-up could have changed everything, but on only the fourth hand Rep called Templeton’s all-in and was in great position as Templeton held K9 to the KQ of Porter. The board couldn’t bail Templeton out as he was eliminated in second, but not before taking home $231,981.
Rep was casual in his bracelet win, “It’s great. I’ve been trying to win one of these for a little while,” he said. He has cashed ten times in WSOP events before and winning on the 11th money finish is not too bad. Porter took home $372,929 for his efforts and said he will be back for at least 10 to 12 more events this year, hopefully to capture another bracelet.
The final results for Event 9 are as follows:
1.
Ralph (Rep) Porter
$372,843
2.
Nathan Templeton
$231,982
3.
Devin Porter
$151,843
4.
John Conkright
$101,228
5.
Anatoly Shilyuk
$70,860
6.
Michael Brummelhuis
$53,314
7.
Dave Zand
$36,442
8.
Kevin MacPhee
$36,442
9.
Andrew Fegan
$28,006
10.
Jared Okun
$28,006
11.
John Von Halle
$19,570
12.
Thomas Fuller
$19,570
13.
Richard Tatalovich
$13,665
14.
Peter Marr
$13,665
15.
Mikey Stotz
$13,665
16.
Jason Dewitt
$13,665
17.
Frank Blumlein
$13,665
18.
Tom Braband
$13,665
19.
Avery Cardoza
$11,135
20.
Eric Kesselman
$11,135
21.
Michael Marquez
$11,135
22.
Stephanie Klempner
$11,135
23.
Zachary Clark
$11,135
24.
Thomas Patzner
$11,135
25.
Jesse Starke
$8,604
26.
Richard Lee
$8,604
27.
Christian Closson
$8,604
28.
Ryan Milisits
$8,604
29.
James Bord
$8,604
30.
Paul (Tashi) Kobel
$8,604
31.
Victor Bensaedon
$6,917
32.
Andrew Scott
$6,917
33.
Dominic Sinagra
$6,917
34.
Christian Iacobellis
$6,917
35.
Antuan Bunkley
$6,917
36.
Benjamin Fineman
$6,917
37.
Paul Niemela
$5,904
38.
Tom Dobrilovic
$5,904
39.
Barry Woods
$5,904
40.
Donald Robinowitz
$5,904
41.
Wesley Pantling
$5,904
42.
Jon Danielsson
$5,904
43.
Matthew Matros
$4,892
44.
Chris Householder
$4,892
45.
Ryan Young
$4,892
46.
John Burg
$4,892
47.
William (Bill) Burdick
$4,892
48.
Shijia Liu
$4,892
49.
Lu Wang
$4,386
50.
Brent Bibby
$4,386
51.
Laura Kallen Wakeland
$4,386
52.
Richard Shorten
$4,386
53.
Brandon Lee
$4,386
54.
Gavin Kelly
$4,386
55.
Ian Frazer
$3,880
56.
Steve Rassi
$3,880
57.
Mathieu Jacqmin
$3,880
58.
Allie Prescott
$3,880
59.
Mark Utterbach
$3,880
60.
William Mikolay
$3,880
61.
Jared Hamby
$3,542
62.
Cody Slaubaugh
$3,542
63.
Carl Olson
$3,542
64.
Shankar Phillai
$3,542
65.
Ernie Rossi
$3,542
66.
Neil Channing
$3,542
67.
Zachary King
$3,205
68.
Ron Fani
$3,205
69.
Edouard Damidot
$3,205
70.
Nghia Le
$3,205
71.
Jacob Diarmuid
$3,205
72.
john Farley
$3,205
73.
Jeff Murray
$3,205
74.
Joseph Brooks
$3,205
75.
Mike Parisi
$3,205
76.
David Huff
$3,205
77.
Roland Irsa
$3,205
78.
MICHAEL MICHNIK
$3,205
79.
Brian Lamanna
$2,868
80.
Will (Mr. Lucky) O’Brien
$2,868
81.
Anthony Gargano
$2,868
82.
Richard Vallandigham
$2,868
83.
Daniel Radditz
$2,868
84.
James Drane
$2,868
85.
Timothy Bannigan
$2,868
86.
Graham Wheldon
$2,868
87.
Kenneth-Kun Lee
$2,868
88.
Jonathan Jaffe
$2,868
89.
Kenneth Lowe
$2,868
90.
Andrew Ferguson
$2,868
91.
Clint Schafer
$2,530
92.
Jonathan Depa
$2,530
93.
Joshua Flamm
$2,530
94.
Don Mullis
$2,530
95.
Jasom Smith
$2,530
96.
James Routos
$2,530
97.
Eric Lynch
$2,530
98.
David Longmuir
$2,530
99.
Noah Ament
$2,530
100.
Charles Fond
$2,530
101.
Pascal Baumgartner
$2,530
102.
Osmin Darden
$2,530
103.
George Bronstein
$2,530
104.
Elton Beebe
$2,530
105.
Ryan Henderson
$2,530
106.
Kenneth Gacek
$2,530
107.
Earl Morgan
$2,530
108.
Chad Layne
$2,530
109.
Louis (Lou) Werman
$2,277
110.
Richard Hendin
$2,277
111.
Nicholas Finamore
$2,277
112.
David Pecaski
$2,277
113.
Caroline Cooper
$2,277
114.
Ted (Edward) Lawson
$2,277
115.
Todd Jones
$2,277
116.
Christopher Finn
$2,277
117.
Kimberly Brown
$2,277
118.
Thomas Savitsky
$2,277
119.
Bruce Sparks
$2,277
120.
Harry Cheung
$2,277
121.
Shawn Grigus
$2,277
122.
Jeffrey Marr
$2,277
123.
Annand (Victor) Ramdin
$2,277
124.
Mark Smith
$2,277
125.
John Warchelak
$2,277
126.
Jonathan Pepin
$2,277