2016 WSOP Event 13


Sunday June 12,2016 : WORLD SERIES OF POKER RAZZ EVENT WON BY REP PORTER
 
A third winners bracelet for respected US professional player.
 
Rep Porter (45) has claimed his third gold World Series of Poker winners bracelet after taking down the $1,500 buy-in Razz event, emerging victorious from a field of 461 entries to pick up the $142,624 first-place prize.
 
Porter started final table action facing some heavy hitters in the international game, including Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine and Shaun Deeb, but outlasted them all to triumph in a heads up against Belgian player and double bracelet holder Michael Gathy (27).
 
Porter started with a 3 to 1 chip advantage that enabled him to quickly and efficiently despatch the Belgian, who received a second placing prize of $88,146.  
 
Porters latest victory brings his career live tourney winnings to almost $3 million.
 
Cashes by other final table players included:
 
Alexey Makarov  $60,309 
Daniel Negreanu  $42,030  
Brendan Taylor  $29,846  
Valentin Vornicu  $21,604  
Daniel Weinman  $15,945  
Shaun Deeb  $12,006  
David Benyamine  $9,225