Jeff Madsen

Jeff Madsen

infobox poker player
firstname= Jeff
lastname= Madsen
nickname=


caption= Jeff Madsen at the 2006 World Series of Poker
hometown= Los Angeles, California
wsop bracelet count= 2
wsop money finishes= 10
wsop main event best finish rank= 112th
wsop main event best finish year= 2008
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles= None
wpt final tables= None
wpt money finishes= 1

Jeff Madsen (born June 7, 1985 in Santa Monica, California) is the third-youngest winner of a World Series of Poker event and the 2006 World Series of Poker player of the year.

Madsen was raised in Los Angeles and lived in the same house until going to college at the University of California, Santa Barbara to study film theory.

Madsen began playing poker at college and won a no limit Texas hold 'em event at the 2006 World Series of Poker. At the age of 21 years and five weeks, he was about six weeks younger than the previous record holder, Eric Froehlich, who won his first WSOP bracelet in 2005.. [cite web|url=http://www.pokerlistings.com/player-interviews/jeff-madsen-youngest-bracelet-winner-ever|title=Jeff Madsen - Youngest Bracelet Winner Ever|publisher=Pokerlistings.com|author=Chuck Ansbacher] Madsen's victory earned him $660,948. At that time he was the youngest World Series of Poker winner in history until Steve Billirakis became the youngest at the age of 21 years 11 days the following year. Later in 2007, Annette Obrestad broke that record with her win in the Main Event of the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe on the day before her 19th birthday. Obrestad's record cannot be broken in the Las Vegas WSOP because Nevada gaming law mandates a minimum age of 21.

Less than two weeks prior to his victory, Madsen finished third in the $2000 Omaha high-low split event, winning $97,552. Just six days after his first victory, Madsen won his second WSOP title, and $643,381, in the $5000 no limit hold 'em shorthanded event. A few days later he finished third in the $1000 Seven-card stud high low split event, earning $65,971, adding up to an unprecedented four top 3 finishes, in four different poker variants, in his first year at the WSOP. His showing prompted Full Tilt Poker to bring him in as a sponsored pro.

In 2007 Madsen cashed in his first WPT event, finishing eighth at the Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship.

Madsen began playing casino poker three years before his WSOP victory at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California, where the minimum age to play is 18. [cite web|url=http://www.poker-babes.com/bio/jeff-madsen/|title=Jeff Madsen profile|publisher=Poker-Babes.com|author=Shirley Rosario]

As of 2008, Madsen's tournament winnings exceed $1,800,000. [cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=68266|title=Jeff Madsen results|publisher=Thehendonmob.com|author=Robert Butt]

WSOP Bracelets

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External links

* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/07/25/wsop.madsen/ Sports Illustrated feature story]
* [http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player_jeff-madsen PokerListings.com profile]


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