Jeff Madsen
{{Short description|American poker player (born 1985)}}
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|wsop main event best finish rank= 102nd
|wsop main event best finish year= 2019
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|wpt final tables= 2
|wpt money finishes= 16
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Jeff Madsen (born June 7, 1985, in Santa Monica, California) is a four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and the 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year.
Early life and education
Madsen was raised in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, and graduated from Palisades Charter High School.{{Cite news |last=Martelle |first=Scott |date=July 22, 2006 |title=His first million may be in the cards |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-22-et-poker22-story.html |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times}} He matriculated at the University of California, Santa Barbara to study film. Despite originally wanting to finish his degree, Madsen dropped out of college in his final year to fully focus on his poker career.{{Cite web |date=September 20, 2007 |title=Madsen still in the spotlight |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/poker/columns/story?columnist=bluff_magazine&id=3029324 |access-date=April 26, 2022 |website=ESPN.com |via=BLUFF Magazine}}
Poker career
Madsen was introduced to the game of poker after graduating high school. While a student at UCSB, he began playing casino poker at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California, where the minimum age to play is 18.
Madsen won a no limit Texas hold 'em event at the 2006 World Series of Poker just 3 years later. 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 |date=July 18, 2006 |title=UCSB student youngest to win elite poker event |url=https://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20060718/ucsb-student-youngest-to-win-elite-poker-event/ |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Daily News |language=en-US |agency=Associated Press}} 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.
Less than two weeks before his victory, Madsen finished third in the $2,000 Omaha high-low split event, winning $97,552.{{Cite web |title=37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006, Limit Omaha Hi/Lo |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=15817 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} Just six days after his first victory, Madsen won his second WSOP title, and $643,381, in the $5,000 no limit hold 'em shorthanded event.{{Cite web |title=37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006, Short Handed No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=15839 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} A few days later he finished third in the $1,000 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.{{Cite web |title=37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=15844 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=World Poker Tour - WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, WPT Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=18303 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
On February 5, 2010, Madsen won the $3,500 buy-in Championship Event at the Borgata Winter Open in Atlantic City, NJ winning $625,006.{{Cite web |last=Oresteen |first=Paul |title=Jeff Madsen Wins Borgata Winter Open Main Event |url=http://news.bluffmagazine.com/jeff-madsen-wins-borgata-winter-open-main-event-9119/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708074830/http://news.bluffmagazine.com/jeff-madsen-wins-borgata-winter-open-main-event-9119/ |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=www.bluffmagazine.com}}
As of 2022, Madsen's tournament winnings exceed $6,000,000.{{Cite web |title=Jeff Madsen's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=336278 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} His 132 cashes at the WSOP account for $3,409,063 of those winnings.{{Cite web |title=Jeff Madsen |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=19310 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=WSOP.com}}
Personal life
WSOP Bracelets
References
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External links
- [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/41919-jeff-madsen Card Player profile]
- [https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=336278 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/jeff-madsen/ PokerNews profile]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/tag/jeff-madsen/ WPT profile]
- [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=19310 WSOP profile]
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Category:American poker players
Category:World Series of Poker bracelet winners
Category:WSOP Player of the Year Award winners