This week on the PocketFives.com Podcast sponsored by the USA-friendly site Carbon Poker, we sit down with Taylor taypaur Paur (pictured at right). The California poker player recorded the show just hours removed from winning the Absolute Poker $150,000 Guaranteed, a $1,000 buy-in tournament, and defeating fellow PocketFives.com member Brock t soprano Parker heads-up. Paur collected nearly $50,000 for his efforts and broke down the tournament and his successful online poker career with Podcast host David Huber.On March 3rd, Paur entered the top 10 of the PocketFives.com Online Poker Rankings on the strength of the seventh largest PLB score worldwide. Given his recent Absolute Poker victory, his position will likely climb when the Rankings are calculated again next week. Paur gave his thoughts on the $150,000 Guaranteed: “The $1K on Absolute Poker is a really good tournament. It always seems to play really deep-stacked, which is fun and I enjoy playing with a lot of chips in front of me.”
Paur finished 37th in the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic and cashed for $33,000. His ride through the $10,000 buy-in tournament at the Commerce Casino ended on Day 4 and he shared his experience: “It felt good. I was fortunate to run pretty decently in the $10K. Live poker is always a little bit different than online. It gets the blood flowing a little bit and it’s just an exciting experience. It was a great tournament, a great structure, and a lot of fun.”
Like many online poker players, Paur had to make the adjustment from the fast-paced virtual world to the live arena, where the action moves at a snail’s pace. Paur broke down the adjustments he’s had to undergo: “I’d say the biggest thing is that it’s so much slower live. The first couple of times I played in live tournaments, I had a lot of trouble being patient because I felt like I wasn’t doing anything and needed to make moves when in reality I just wasn’t seeing as many hands. Still, I’m not an experienced live player.” Paur competed in the last two PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Events, finishing 110th in the 2009 installment for $15,000.
Now that he’s cracked the top 10 in the Rankings, the game’s elite players surround him. He’s sandwiched in between Mark dipthrong Herm (pictured at left) and Canada’s Russell rdcrsn Carson and recognized the company that he’s currently in: “I actually know a lot of the guys in the top 10. dipthrong, who is right ahead of me, is a guy I’ve learned a lot from. He and Jamie pokerjamers Armstrong are the two guys I’ve learned the most from. Steve gboro780 Gross, who I’ve been fortunate enough to play with a little live and meet recently, is a great player and I always have trouble with him.” Gross is the top-ranked player in the business.Many members of the online poker community will be camped out in Sin City in a few months for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and Paur is no exception. On his plans for the 57-event series, Paur told the PocketFives.com Podcast, “I will be there for at least part of the Series. I’d like to play a large number of No Limit events. I’m hoping to play in the Main Event. It’ll be a new experience. I’ve never been to Las Vegas.” There’s a first time for everything. The 2010 WSOP Main Event begins on July 5th and plays down to its final table 12 days later. Then, for the third straight year, the action will pause until November to coincide with the tournament’s airing on ESPN.
Check out the rest of this week’s PocketFives.com Podcast featuring Paur.
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