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by Sean Chaffin | Published: Nov 12, '25

Xuan Liu became the first female player to win a Triton event last May when the Canadian pro took down the $25,000 Triton Montenegro WPT Global Slam. The score came right as her ambassador deal with WPT was coming to an end, but may have proved to be a springboard for other opportunities. As the World Series […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Mar 22, '17

In the corner of the world’s busiest poker room at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, Rep Porter sits quietly behind a mountain of white, hundred-dollar chips. He’s playing the $200-$400 mixed game, a game in which he travels to LA frequently to take a seat. Rep’s normal routine involves playing far more cash games […]

by Rep Porter | Published: Aug 26, '15

Today I want to explore the idea of semibluffing. I would define semibluffing as betting when you think your hand is weaker than the average holding your opponent may have in a situation. When you are semibluffing, you are relying on the “two ways to win” concept. First and foremost, your opponent may fold, and […]

by Brian Pempus | Published: Jul 29, '15

Name: Rep Porter Resides: Woodinville, Washington Age: 44 Years Playing Poker: More than 20 years Regular Cash Game: High-stakes mixed games Top Poker Accomplishment: First place in 2008 WSOP $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em event for $372,843 Lifetime Live Tournament Earnings: $2,761,465 Poker pro Rep Porter, winner of two World Series of Poker bracelets, has more […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jun 16, '15

In this series, Card Player asks top pros to rewind back to their humble beginnings and provide insights regarding the mistakes, leaks, and deficiencies that they had to overcome in order to improve their games. Rep Porter is a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner with more than $2.4 million in career live tournament […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Sep 10, '12

In this series, Card Player asks top pros to rewind back to their humble beginnings and provide insights regarding the mistakes, leaks, and deficiencies that they had to overcome in order to improve their games. Rep Porter has two World Series of Poker bracelets, along with six final-table finishes. The Woodinville, Washington family man left […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Apr 25, '25

It was the talk of the summer of 2022. The guy who won the $1,500 limit hold’em event along with a cool $145,000 had never played limit hold’em before. He then took that cash and bought himself into the $100,000 event, despite never having played a high roller before, and finished fifth for $420,000. Who […]

by admin | Published: Dec 09, '24

It’s not every day you walk into a poker room and end up hiding behind a stack of folding chairs while masked gunmen clear out the casino cage. But that’s exactly what happened when Josh Arieh made his first and only trip to Paris. The Georgia native was fresh off his third-place finish in the […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Nov 11, '21

What a difference a week can make! Phil Hellmuth started off his 2021 World Series of Poker campaign on fire, making repeated deep runs in his quest for a record-furthering 16th bracelet. Unfortunately for the man known as ‘The Poker Brat,’ it was his comments about fire during a profanity-laced tirade at a final table […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Sep 16, '21

The second of three unique segments of the 2021 World Series of Poker Online is now officially in the books. The first-ever running of the WSOPO in Pennsylvania saw eight gold bracelets awarded from Aug. 8-17. The series took place on the newly opened WSOP-branded online poker site, which has only been serving players inside […]