An den Start von Event #44, dem USD 2.500 Seven Card Razz Turnier gingen 363 Spieler. Unter ihnen Shawn Buchanan, John Cernuto, Dutch Boyd, Pat Pezzin, Barry Greenstein, Jennifer Tilly, Jimmy Fricke, Blair Rodman, Antony Lellouche, Rep Porter, Robert Mizrachi, Dan Shak, Todd Brunson, Roger Hairabedian, Daniel Negreanu und Andreas Krause.

Rep Porter survived three intense days of six-handed No Limit Hold'em poker to win his first WSOP bracelet and USD 372,929. Porter outlasted more than 1,200 players in two days of loose action and then varied his style to be the last man standing at a much tighter final table. He beat Nathan Templeton heads up in four hands to earn the victory. The tournament began at a blistering pace, with all ins on nearly every hand and busts every few minutes.