Coming into the day on Saturday, PocketFivers had taken home over $4.6 million from the 2008 World Series of Poker. On top of that, members of the site sported two bracelets, an incredible accomplishment with only eight events completed. In Event #9, a $1,500 buy-in six-handed tournament, Devin TranquilChaosPorter (pictured at right) finished third. He entered the final table fifth in chips (with 357,000), trailing John Conkright (997,000), Michiel Brummelhuis (893,000), Rep Porter (732,000), and Nathan Templeton (449,000). At the end of the day, Rep Porter scored his first World Series of Poker bracelet. Live WSOP coverage of the six-handed event was provided by PocketFivesLive.com.

In the hand just before he was eliminated, Devin Porter’s chip stack took a big hit with A-J of clubs against Rep Porter’s pocket tens. The board didn’t improve Devin’s hand, knocking his chip stack from 1.3 million to 100,000. He was eliminated on the next hand by Nathan Templeton. Now running low on chips, Porter pushed over a top of a raise by Templeton. Rep Porter and Templeton called Devin’s all in. The board came A-2-4-Q-7. Templeton bet and Rep Porter folded. Devin Porter showed A-8 and Templeton flipped over 7-4 suited for two pair. Porter walked away with $151,842.

Porter has made a pair of World Poker Tour final tables. He placed third in the Mirage Poker Showdown during Season Five (cashing for $332,937) and finished fourth in the Aruba Poker Classic during Season Four (cashing for $200,000). He also final tabled Event #19 during the 2007 WSOP. PocketFivesLive.com Tournament Reporter Court Harrington comments on how Porter is viewed at the WSOP: “Devin is one of the most liked players on the tournament circuit. After taking some time off right after his wedding it is good to see him back at the tables, and obviously there wasn't much rust to shake off since he has already made a WSOP final table.”

Also, in Event #9, Kevin ImaLuckSac MacPhee finished in eighth place. In any other WSOP tournament, he would have made the final table. MacPhee got all his chips into the middle with J-8 on a jack-high flop against Templeton's cowboys. His stack was crippled a few hands earlier when his pocket eights ran into Conkright’s pocket queens. His eighth place finish was worth $36,442. Collson comments on MacPhee’s play during the six-handed tournament: “Kevin is a high-volume multi-table tournament expert online, so he's probably logged as many hands in the last year as just about anyone. He's another one of the up-and-comers that could make serious noise as we get deeper into this year's World Series of Poker.”

Zachary CrazyZachary Clark (pictured at left) finished in 23rd for $11,135. He was eliminated when his J-Q offsuit ran into Stephanie Klempner’s pocket kings. Similar to MacPhee’s exit, he flopped top pair, but his opponent had an overpair to the board. He finished 116th in last year’s Main Event, cashing for just under $60,000. Collson discusses Clark’s rise to success: “With quite possible the best mentor in the world guiding him (Chip Reese), Clark immediately became a force in the live scene after winning the FTOPS Main Event last July for $400,000. He has a swagger at the table that is intimidating. It's as if he's been playing the game professionally for twenty years.”

Ben bfineman Fineman finished in 36th place for $6,917. He pushed all in pre-flop with pocket tens, finding himself in a race against Tom Braband’s K-Q. The flop showed a queen, leaving Fineman barely breathing. The turn and river were both bricks, sending Fineman to the rails. Fineman has been on a roll in live play in recent months. He won a $1,060 buy-in WSOP Circuit Event at Caesars on April 21st. Eight days later, he finished second in the Caesars Main Event. Collson talks about Fineman’s recent run: “Every time I see Ben, he has a mountain of chips — whether he's playing NLHE, PLHE, or LHE. He's either been a complete luckbox through the first 12 events of the World Series or he has tremendous skill at the table. I'm going to go with the latter.”

Three Triple Crown winners also cashed in Event #9. Jared TheWacoKidd Hamby finished 61st; he also finished third in the Main Event of the Bodog Poker Open. Carl Colson10 Olson is one of the top all-around poker players and made a final table during the 2006 WSOP. He’s also a two-time Triple Crown winner. Eric Rizen Lynch is ranked 66th and is a Monthly PLB winner. He just signed on with UltimateBet to be a Star Player. Zachary ckingusc King placed 67th in Event #9.

In Event #10, the Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low tournament, mattg1983, MrCasino, t soprano, kwob20, and BigRiskky all cashed. It was Clements’ second Omaha event cash so far in the 2008 WSOP. He’s the proud owner of a pair of World Series of Poker bracelets with both wins coming in Omaha.

If you missed any of the action from Events #9 of #10, check out live WSOP coverage on PocketFivesLive.com.