Jeff Madsen
Jeff Madsen broke onto the poker scene with little prelude. His winnings started almost as soon as he started playing.
He has made a big splash, and now he only has to keep it up to maintain his reputation.
Background
Jeff Madsen was born in Santa Monica, California on June 7, 1985. He had the usual childhood experiences with team sports and friendships with schoolmates. He went to the same school that Chris Ferguson had gone to, but it was not the first thing on his mind. He was good at math, though, and studied diligently.
Then, in between high school and going to college at University of California, Santa Barbara, he learnt poker from a friend. They had social evenings together, playing poker and drinking a beer or two. He became fascinated with the game and started a library of poker history and strategy books.
During the years when he was starting college, he would go to an Indian casino to get in on some live action cash games. This was possible because gambling age at the casino was 18. He worked on his game online too, but it was winning two tournaments at the casino that led him to decide to go to the WSOP tournaments.
Poker Career
He went to his parents with a request. He would use a part of a college fund given to him by his grandfather to enter events at the WSOP. He just needed a little more money to make up the rest of what he needed.
If they would give him what he wanted, he could enter six WSOP events. Being the supportive parents they were, they agreed. They had faith that their son Jeff could come home with enough winnings to pay back the college fund and return their loan. They were certainly right.
One of the events Jeff Madsen entered in July of 2006 was the WSOP Omaha Hi/Lo event. Not only did he make it to the final table. He placed third for a cash of $97,000. This was an event that he expected to do well in. However, his good times were not over.
A few days later, Madsen made it to the final table at the WSOP No Limit Hold ‘em event. He shocked everyone by eliminating everyone else at the table. He won his first WSOP bracelet and over $660,000. At the time, he was the youngest to win one of the coveted bracelets, at just a little over a month beyond his 21st birthday.
Less than a week after that, Jeff Madsen became the youngest double bracelet winner when he won a second WSOP event. This was the WSOP No Limit Hold ‘em Short Handed. With this victory, he gained over $640,000. A few days after that, he made it to the final table in yet another WSOP event, coming in third in 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo for $65,000 cash.
Jeff Madsen has not finished playing poker yet. He is studying film at UC Santa Barbara for another year. He plans to work his poker career around that and end up doing both film work and poker after college.
Team Full Tilt
When he is not busy with school or tournaments, he can be found at Full Tilt Poker playing the tables as one of the Full Tilt Pros.
Jeff is certainly one of the hotest new poker talents around and has found himself being snapped up by FullTilt Poker into their team.
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