Taylor 'tramp$d0pray' Paur

California-born Taylor Paur is a tournament pro with roots in the online game.

California-born Taylor Paur is a tournament pro with roots in the online game. He rose through the scene on Full Tilt under the name 'ambiguosity', winning an FTOPS event in 2010 for $192,229 and finishing runner-up in another for $189,212. Winning a title in the now defunct Sunday Brawl for another six-figure score, Paur's total tournament earnings for this site almost reached $2,000,000. Building up another multi-million dollar list of winnings on PokerStars, Taylor reached the very pinnacle of the online MTT world in 2011 when he was ranked #1 in earnings on Pocketfives.com.

This online ranking only began to slip when Paur shifted his focus towards the live circuit. It didn't take him long to make his mark, as he reached his first WSOP final table in 2011 – finishing fifth in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event for $198,140. Disappointedly missing out on the much sought-after bracelet, Paur rectified this situation when he won his first in 2013 – winning the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event for $340,260. Amongst the 2,000+ strong field was legend Phil Ivey and high roller regular Dominik Nitsche – both of which Paur managed to get past to claim the victory. Taylor's efforts at the WSOP every year are impressive, for he often manages to play a packed schedule and catch scores in multiple events each run – combining for a total 39 WSOP cashes and more than $1,290,000 in winnings.

Along with a bracelet, Paur more recently won himself a WPT title in 2015. More significant in monetary terms than his WSOP win, he bagged $1,214,200 for taking down the $7,500 Main Event in San Jose. Add another final table and 9 other cashes to his WPT record, and his earnings in this series exceed $1,600,000. 2015 proved to be Taylor's best year to date, as he shipped two $25,000 Aria High Roller events for a combined score of $525,600 and an annual total of over $2,000,000. Continuing to succeed in the live tournament scene, Taylor's complete earnings from poker are close to reaching $10,000,000 in less than a decade – an average of almost seven-figures a year. Not bad for someone that describes himself as 'just a kid who always played sports and got into poker for competitive release'.

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