Steve Paul-Ambrose
Encyclopedia
Steve Paul-Ambrose is a poker player from Ontario
, Canada
who won the 2006 PokerStars
Caribbean Poker Adventure
(PCA),earning $1,388,600. At the time a World Poker Tour
event, he won his PCA entry through an online $102 satellite tournament on PokerStars and is now a member of Team PokerStars.
Paul-Ambrose is a 2007 graduate from the University of Waterloo
, in Waterloo
, Ontario, Canada, where he studied business
and science
.
with his best finish to date in the $5,000 World Championship Mixed Hold'em
(Limit/No-Limit)
event where he came in fourth, earning $146,259, with a final table made up of such notables as Jon Turner, Kirk Morrison (poker player)
, the runner-up Greg Mueller
and Steve Billirakis
the winner.
As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,800,000.
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
who won the 2006 PokerStars
PokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world. PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker. 1983 champion Tom McEvoy, 2005 champion Joe Hachem, 2009 champion Joe Cada and 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel and others also represent...
Caribbean Poker Adventure
Caribbean Poker Adventure
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is an annual televised poker tournament. The event was first held in 2004 and was originally co-sponsored by PokerStars and the World Poker Tour. In 2008, the event moved from the WPT to the European Poker Tour...
(PCA),earning $1,388,600. At the time a World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting the final table of each tournament. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who served as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that...
event, he won his PCA entry through an online $102 satellite tournament on PokerStars and is now a member of Team PokerStars.
Paul-Ambrose is a 2007 graduate from the University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...
, in Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener....
, Ontario, Canada, where he studied business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
and science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
.
World Series of Poker
Paul-Ambrose has four cashes at the World Series of PokerWorld Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment...
with his best finish to date in the $5,000 World Championship Mixed Hold'em
Texas hold 'em
Texas Hold 'em is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the dealer—a series of three then two additional single cards , with...
(Limit/No-Limit)
Betting (poker)
In the game of poker, the play largely centers on the act of betting, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed up play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing...
event where he came in fourth, earning $146,259, with a final table made up of such notables as Jon Turner, Kirk Morrison (poker player)
Kirk Morrison (poker player)
Kirk Morrison is a professional poker player originally from Wichita, Kansas, United States, but who has lived in New Zealand for a part of his life between 1999 and 2006....
, the runner-up Greg Mueller
Greg Mueller
Greg Mueller is a professional poker player from Vancouver, British ColumbiaMueller, a former professional hockey player, was drawn to poker after one of many long road trips during his hockey career...
and Steve Billirakis
Steve Billirakis
Steve Billirakis is an American professional poker player.Billirakis won the first tournament of the 2007 World Series of Poker winning the $5,000 World Championship Mixed Hold'em Limit/No-Limit event after beating Canadian poker player and former professional hockey player Greg Mueller heads-up...
the winner.
As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,800,000.