Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006

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Canadian college student wins WPT PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure

By Lianne Elias

Waterloo, Ontario, resident Steve Paul-Ambrose took home first place and its prize of $1,363,100 at the World Poker Tour's (WPT) PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure at the Atlantis Resort & Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, it was announced yesterday. Paul-Ambrose won his seat in the event at PokerStars.com for just $108. He has only been playing poker for two years.

In addition to the $1.3 million, Paul-Ambrose also earned a $25,500 entry to the WPT Championship at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas this April. The Caribbean No-Limit Texas Hold'em final table ran for six hours, but was interrupted for fifty minutes due to a power outage.

The third annual WPT PokerStars.com Caribbean Poker Adventure began on January 4, and saw the likes of PokerStars.com- sponsored World Series of Poker champions Joseph Hachem, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker, and Tom McEvoy compete in multiple daily tournaments, satellites, cash games, and single table tournaments, along with the main event, which boasted a playing field of 724 players and a total prize pool of $5,647,200. The buy-in was $7,800 + $200.

Final table results are as follows:

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Steve Paul-Ambrose	$1,388,600
2nd	Brook Lyter	$681,500
3rd	David Singer	$436,200
4th	Michael Higgins	$327,100
5th	Anders Henriksson	$239,900
6th	Aurangzeb Sheikh	$177,200

Please see PokerStars.com for further details.

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