Six-handed hold’em is a completely different monster than nine- or ten-handed hold’em. Six-handed forces the player to be more proactive for fear the constant recurrence of blinds will eat one’s stack alive. Playing with a full ring of nine or ten players is more of a waiting game.
In event #9 - $1,500 no-limit hold’em/6 handed, the final day of play saw unfold a tale of two Porters: Devin --whose ill father was a major storyline—went out third. Ralph, or ‘Rep’ went on to win the whole thing. Devin would prove Rep’s biggest challenge.
Rep played a slow steady game, taking the chip lead early, stretching it to monstrous proportions. He held off a late charge by Devin that saw the two within 60,000 chips of one another before dispatching his namesake. In the end, he faced Nathan Templeton for the title.
It was on the 212th hand of play that Templeton raised the small blind/button to 100,000. Rep re-raised to 325,000 and Templeton moved all-in. Rep called and showed Kc-Qs. Templeton had Ks-9d in a pot worth over 2,000,000.
The flop came 5d-8c-Jh, leaving Templeton in a desperate state. The turn was 4h and the river 3s, giving Porter the pot and the championship. The win was worth $372,929. Templeton got $231,981 for his second-place finish.
Gary Wise
gary@wisehandpoker.com
