Education
Porter graduated from the University of Washington and worked as an equity options trader prior to becoming a professional poker player.
Porter graduated from the University of Washington and worked as an equity options trader prior to becoming a professional poker player.
Porter has 23 cashes at the (WSOP) among them was making the Final Table in the $1,500 Limit Hold"em Shootout event at the 2006 WSOP, coming in 4th earning $39,339, and a 39th place in the Main Event at the 2007 WSOP, earning $237,865. 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. bracelets
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 Los Angeles Poker Classic, earning $48,380 and finishing second at the $9,700 Championship at the 2006 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 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,195,366. His 23 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,674,208 of those winnings.
