Congrats to Tranquil Chaos and WVUManiac2

Congrats to Jacob,who playing as wvumaniac2, made the final table in the FullTiltPoker $35,000 Guarantee on 04-07-2009. Jacob won $2922.24 for finishing 4th out of 1522 players. Extremely well played sir!


Congrats also go out to Devin "TranquilChaos" Porter. Devin playing as "tobias fuke" on Pokerstars, final tabled the PokerStars $109 NL Hold'em [|$50,000 guaranteed|] on 04-07-2009. Mr. Porter won $1620.00 for finishing 8th out of 720 runners. Great job Devin!

Wretchy, TranquilChaos, and JAKoon1985 make big scores

Pocketfivers Dan "Wretchy" Martin, Devin "TranquilChaos" Porter, and Jason "JAKoon1985" Koon both won silver medals at big tournaments last night.

Wrethcy final tabled the PokerStars $109+R NL Hold'em. He finished 2nd out of 243 and won $20125.00. Wretchy is on the verge of a triple crown, having won huge events last week at both FullTiltPoker and UltimateBet. His rise up the rankings will likely continue this week and I wouldn't be surprised if he hit the top 20 by the end of the year. Another great run by the Wretched One! Good luck tonight in the triple crown action.

JAKoon1985 playing at FullTiltPoker under his alias NovaSky won $10369.50 in the FullTiltPoker $40,000 Guarantee for his 2nd place finish out of 446. A couple of tough hands hurt Jason at the final table. Great play sir!

Devin Porter continued his great play by final tabling the PokerStars The Nightly Hundred Grand yesterday. Playing as tobias fuke on Stars, Devin won $2217.60 for finishing 9th out of 1056. Great job by a great guy!

Continued good luck at the tables gentlemen!

Amanda Leatherman interview of Devin Porter

Here is a short interview of Devin "TranquilChaos" Porter by PokerNews' Amanda Leatherman during a break at the World Series of Poker Main EventTM. It seems that TC is a bit more superstitious than you mightt have thought.



Good luck Devin.

Congrats to TranquilChaos and Wretchy

I wasn't able to keep up with all of my friends tournament results last week while I was on vacation but I did want to meantion a really good run in a tourney by Devin Porter.

Playing as "tobias fuke" in the PokerStars $109 NL Hold'em [$15,000 guaranteed] on 07-01-2008, he finished 2nd out of 414 and won $6210.00.

Great job sir!

good luck in the main event

Also congrats to Wretchy for making the final table in the PokerStars $22 NL Hold'em [1R1A] on 07-05-2008. Wretchy finished 4th out of 279 and won $1080.24.

Fantastic job sir!

PokerNews interview with Devin Porter

I just found this interview of Devin and thought you might like to see.

Congrats to Devin Porter

Congrats to Devin "TranquilChaos" Porter on finishing 3rd in the World Series of Poker 6 handed event yesterday/this morning depending on what part of the world you may read this from.

He played great and I predict this isn't the last you will hear from him during this year's event. Read more about the tournament here at Pocketfives.com

TranquilChaos final table!

Devin "TranquilChaos" Porter has made the final table in Event Number 9 of the World Series of Poker, 6 handed no-limit hold'em tournament. A couple of three outers were hit by opponents on the final table bubble. Without this bad luck TC would have had a much healthy stack. But he certainly is still in it.

Great job and hopefully Devin will bring home the bracelet when the tournament resumes tomorrow

Great Night for Wretchy and Tranquil Chaos

A couple of final tables last night for a couple of really good guys.

After winning a seat in the $225 satellite earlier yesterday, Wretchy made the final table in the $17,500 Guarantee tourney at FullTiltPoker. He finished 6th of 360 and won $1242.00.

TranquilChaos, playing at PokerStars under the screen name Tobias Fuke, made the final table in the PokerStars $22 NLHE, $20,000 guaranteed, tournament for the second consecutive day yesterday. He finished 6th on May 19th and 7th of 1378 yesterday. For his great performance, he won $895.71.

Great job guys!

Very important tournament tomorrow

At 8:30 pm (20:30) EST Monday, May 19, 2008, there will be a benefit tournament on PokerStars for Dean Poter, father of Devin "TranquilChaos" Porter. Dean was recently diagnosed with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and is now undergoing treatment.
Devin is a great player who is an even better person, which leads me to believe that his dad must be a pretty good dude to have raised such a fine son.

Please participate in the tournament if you can.

For more info, check out any of the following:

Cardplayer.com

Official tournament thread at Pocketfives.com

Devin's post about his dad

Off Topic Fundraising Thread


PokerRoad.com

TranquilChaos' Blog

To make a direct donation to the family, click here

At the Rail with Devin "TranquilChaos" Porter

Congrats on becoming a member of Cardrunners (CRs) Devin, it's a big honor.

Tell us a little about CRs
Cardrunners really is awesome! Aside from the obvious reasons, (Instructional videos) you can interact through the poker forums and even write your own blog. I think my favorite part of the site is reading Brian Townsends blog. Anything from highstakes cash games to running a marathon

Will this be your first time coaching/mentoring poker players?
It will be the first time in an official manner. I've staked some players in the past that have come to me w/ questions about how they played a hand etc..

What is the one thing you hope to accomplish while working at cardrunners?
Well, along with doing the videos, I'm also the first one to be co-sponsored by them and FullTiltPoker at this years WSOP...So, the greedy side of me would like to make another Final table and maybe win this time.

What card game was the first you payed growing up?
My dad would invite friends over to have a poker night and we played dealers choice..We'd usually play nickel-dime limits and the games would vary from 5card draw to 7card no peakie follow the bitch

How long have you played hold em?
Hmm..I remember sneaking into the casino in Wendover, NV when I was 19..so around then (5 years)

How did you decide to play your first WPT event?
I won a seat to the UltimateBet Aruba classic..So I was forced to go :)

Very fortunate that you couldn't cash out for tournament dollars then. When during that first tourney did you realize that you could really play with those guys?
I doubled up in the 2nd or 3rd hour and went over to Adam from Pocketfives.com and said "These guys are just as clueless as me!"



Most of the people reading this have never made the final table in a big live event, tell us what it was like the first time?
It truly was surreal! I was nervous, excited, pumped and everything all at once.. Its hard for me to imagine a player of my skill level back then making the FT..There was so much I didnt know.

Which was more fun, the first WPT final table or the first WSOP final table?
Thats tough! The WPT had my friends all there and was exciting..Whereas the WSOP had my family there and was about business..Making a name for myself by winning a bracelet

How did you pick the name TranquilChaos?
My dad and I were talking about my poker game and he said "Its cool, you play so calm and boring then all of sudden youre raising every pot" So, it developed from there

You are young, have a ton of talent, a beautiful wife and a great family, do you realize how much that annoys the rest of us :)
HaHa thank you!..I think

Which player does things at the table that makes you think "wow I d really like to do that?"
I'd have to say PearlJammers patience..I would love to be able to fold like he does :)

What's the best live event, whether concert, sporting event or other, that you have ever attended?
Probably the Fiesta Bowl 2005..Utah utes stomped Pitt in the first BCS bowl game for a team in a non-major conference

How can people join CRs?
One of the things I love is that you can sign up for a 24 hour period and try it out before you commit to a full membership. Cardrunners signup

Tell us about the best hand you ever played?
It was at the Mirage Poker Showdown the year I made the Final table.. I was on a sick sick table w/ Phil Ivey, Joe Cassidy, Theo Tran, Minh Nguyen, Jason Lester, John Juanda and Michael Mizrachi..We were approaching the money bubble (although I'm sure Ivey didnt give a shit) It folded to me on the button and I make it 9k w/ 88, Ivey reraises from the small blind to 30k and I call looking to use my position against the best player in the world (ha) Flop comes down AJT and Ivey bets out 30k. I raise it up to 115k thinking hes only continuing here w/ a flopped set or KQ..maybe AJ..he thinks for a couple minutes staring me down asking if I can beat QQ...(Not a fun time) then mucks...wahoo!!

Whats the best piece of advice you've ever been given?
Its just poker..So many more important things out there than a silly game.

What's the mistake most improving need to eliminate to improve their game the quickest?
I really think when playing online people dont pay enough attention to the betting patterns of the other players..They are watchign tv, surfing the web etc..You miss out on the guy that limps every hand or the guy that raises utg+ w/ a6 etc

What's the one thing you've always wanted to say that no one has ever given you the chance to say before?
I honestly cant think of anything..I usually speak my mind even when not appropriate

Okay, you win the $50 million in the lotto tomorrow, what's the first thing you buy for your wife? for yourself?
I would finish her moms house as I know thats the thing she wants most.. For me I'd buy an oreo shake from Dennys...superstitious tradition after I winsomething big

What's your favorite singer/band
Local band in utah called The Devil Whale or Lucky Boys Confusion

I know you are a big Utah Jazz fan. Who is your favorite jazz player eva?
hahah John Stockton and his short shorts

Thanks for joining me at the rail Devin

tyvm gl at the tables

TranquilChaos joins CardRunners

Online poker instruction site CardRunners announced today that Devin "TranquilChaos" Porter has joined the site as an instructor. Devin has impressive results in live tournaments in spite of the fact that he does not play the circuit full-time.
In addition to the too many to mention great performances in online tournaments, Devin made the final table in the first two World Poker Tour events that he entered. Since then he has added a World Series of Poker final table to his resume and is closing in on a million dollars in live tournament winnings.

If you want to improve your game, check out the site here: Cardrunners

To see TranquilChaos' blog, click this link: The title really doesn't have anything to do with poker

TranquilChaos and Mathclub roll through tourney fields!

Friend of the blog Tranquilchaos cut through the field in the UltimateBet Sniper 10K Guaranteed on yesterday. He won the tournament and earned $2350.00 for beating the field of 628.
As many of you know, TC is Devin Porter who has made multiple final tables on the WPT and a final table at the WSOP. Don't let this picture fool you, he is definitely a threat to take down a bracelet at the WSOP this year.
Congrats on a fine effort Devin!

You can read his blog here: TranquilChaos

Our New Zealand friend, Mathclub, had another great evening on the virtual felt. On PokerStars under his screenname jakehekejnr, he won Tournament 86799589 in the early hours of 05-02-2008. For outlasting 156 other players, Mathclub won $1083.31. He also made the final table in the $33 and $5rebuy on FullTilt. Another great evening for a really good guy! Awesome job sir! I wouldn't be surprised to see Mathclub take some expensive jewelry home from Las Vegas this summer. However, he may have a disadvantage since he'll only be able to play one tournament at a time.