Jeff Madsen 3 FTs @ WSOP 1 Bracelet

[kemystery]

pretty remarkable as he just turned 21 a month ago and is currently youngest ever to win a bracelet, UCSB has some serious poker chops, Richard Grijalva (gotMilk?) WPT championship FT.

I live near SB and have played with Madsen before at the local Indian casino 2-5 200 max game, he is a true loose aggressive, and he seems to be playing well Good Luck tommorow at the FT Jeff.

(sorry I'm bragging because I know the guy and we're thrilled for him here

[Jackie Onassis]

Where does he have to place to surpass Chen for current POTY?

[Kevmath]

First, that would put him about 100 points ahead of Chen.

First is 120 points
Multiplied by 3 for the 5k buyin
Multiplied by 4 (507 entrants, cap is 400)

Giving him 1440 for the win.

[i am run]

Congrats and goodluck to him on this accomplishment

[NickMPK]

Does anyone know the real POY standings? Cardplayer's don't really count for anything, and they are completely different from official WSOP POY. I remember Todd Witteles was 2005 POY acccording to Cardplayer.

[Sponger.]

He lives like 10 houses away from me on my street near UCSB. Cool.

[Jackie Onassis]

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Does anyone know the real POY standings? Cardplayer's don't really count for anything, and they are completely different from official WSOP POY. I remember Todd Witteles was 2005 POY acccording to Cardplayer.

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Saying they don't count for anything is a bit much. It's pretty clear who's in the top 4 or 5 regardless of who does the rankings.

[Xellos]

lol@cardplayer video. "My whole bankroll was in these six events". If I tried a stunt like this it would end in a comical fashion and a magnificent post on BBV. I thought it was pretty cool that someone that goes to the same school as me won a bracelet until I watched this video, now it's pretty lame because I think there's an excellent chance this guy sucks.

[Kevmath]

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Does anyone know the real POY standings? Cardplayer's don't really count for anything, and they are completely different from official WSOP POY. I remember Todd Witteles was 2005 POY acccording to Cardplayer.

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At pokerwire.com they have the ESPN WSOP Player of the year stats, and they seem to be basing that on money won.

[DesertCat]

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At pokerwire.com they have the ESPN WSOP Player of the year stats, and they seem to be basing that on who wins the main event.

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[THEOSU]

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At pokerwire.com they have the ESPN WSOP Player of the year stats, and they seem to be giving it to me august 8th.

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[NickMPK]

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Does anyone know the real POY standings? Cardplayer's don't really count for anything, and they are completely different from official WSOP POY. I remember Todd Witteles was 2005 POY acccording to Cardplayer.

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Saying they don't count for anything is a bit much. It's pretty clear who's in the top 4 or 5 regardless of who does the rankings.

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I guess what I meant was that there is no actual award AKAIF for leading the Cardplayer WSOP POY. The winner of the "official" (ESPN) PoY award got a new car the past few years I think, so it is a tangible prize worth winning.

[Clayton]

dont forget aba20, who technically owns everyone else in this thread

[Sponger.]

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Add John Murphy (deep in 04 WSOP), Klepto and Me to the alum list.

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Klepto hasn't graduated. 2p2ers who have graduted from UCSB include Breakevenplayer (BEP) and ChrisDaddyCool (CDC)

[ravenfan1733]

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He lives like 10 houses away from me on my street near UCSB. Cool.

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I think if he wins another bracelet today, he'll be moving soon. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Sponger.]

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He lives like 10 houses away from me on my street near UCSB. Cool.

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I think if he wins another bracelet today, he'll be moving soon. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

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i don't get it

[ImWeakTight@UCLA]

Chumash has a decent sunday morning tourney.

[Habib Marwan]

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Chumash has a decent sunday morning tourney.

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hahahahaha

[kemystery]

compared to their other tourneys yes it is decent

[Nick Rainey]

to bad you guys went to UCSB and not USC. no offense Degen

[kemystery]

do I need a new driver to play the Cardplayer vids, that site is pathetically slow, then when the window finally opens - nodda

[Jackie Onassis]

Not slow for me but it works only half the time on CP's site, so I right click the lower left corner of the video to play it in RealPlayer.

[MtnDave]

I also graduated from UCSB, but when I went there they had a football team. No Indian casinos then but we would go to Lake Tahoe to play at Harrahs.

We also burned a bank and a few police cars and got teargassed, but that's another story.

I am glad that all you young guys are doing so well.

[Jackie Onassis]

Man, 3 left.

[AThermopyle]

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We also burned a bank and a few police cars and got teargassed, but that's another story.


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Man, you're old. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Berzerkley is where I got my teargassing. Short drive to the Oaks Club.

[kemystery]

HU now, GL Jeff although I'd rather be HU w/ that guy Tony - Lindgrens a beast /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Vuron00]

I've seen a couple of threads about this kid, so far. Has anybody found whether he plays online, yet?

[kemystery]

111. On a flop of J66, Jeff Madsen bets $20,000 and Lindgren makes the call. The turn is the J and Madsen bets $25,000. Lindgren mucks his hand.

112. Madsen limps from the small blind and Lindgren checks. The flop comes Q63 and Lindgren checks. Madsen bets $20,000 and Lindgren calls. The turn is the K and Lindgren checks. Madsen fires $40,000 and Lindgren calls. The river is the 9 and Lindgren checks again. Madsen bets $75,000 and Lindgren folds.

113. Lindgren raises to $50,000 from the button and Madsen folds.

114. On a flop of 1062, Lindgren bets $20,000 and Madsen calls. The turn is the 8 and Lindgren checks. Madsen bets $35,000 and Lindgren calls. The river is the 5 and Lindgren checks again. Madsen fires $65,000 and Lindgren makes the call. Madsen turns over Q8 for a pair of eights. Lindgren mucks and Madsen wins the pot.

115. Lindgren raises to $40,000 from the button and Madsen calls. The flop comes 976 and Madsen checks. Lindgren bets $40,000 and Madsen calls. The turn is the J and Madsen checks. Lindgren bets $80,000 and Madsen folds.

116. Lindgren gets a walk on his big blind.

117. Erick Lindgren bets $40,000 from the button and Jeff Madsen calls. The flop comes 963 and Madsen checks. Lindgren bets $45,000 and Madsen calls. The turn is the A, Madsen checks and Lindgren bets $90,000. Madsen calls and the river the 10. Madsen bets $150,000 and Lindgren folds. Madsen shows the 2 as he rakes the pot.

118. Madsen limps and Lindgren checks. The flop comes Q82 and both players check. The turn is the 4 and Lindgren bets $20,000. Madsen folds and Lindgren wins the pot.

119. Lindgren raises to $40,000 and Madsen calls. The flop comes KJ3, Madsen bets $35,000 and Lindgren folds.


nice series here, rolf 117

[Yuv]

Lindgren raises to $50,000 and Madsen calls. The flop comes J102 and Madsen bets $60,000. Lindgren makes the call and the turn is the 4. Madsen fires $100,000 and Lindgren calls. The river is the J and Madsen bets $200,000. Lindgren thinks for a long time before folding. Madsen shows 65 for six high and rakes the pot

This kid is sick.

[kemystery]

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Lindgren raises to $50,000 and Madsen calls. The flop comes J102 and Madsen bets $60,000. Lindgren makes the call and the turn is the 4. Madsen fires $100,000 and Lindgren calls. The river is the J and Madsen bets $200,000. Lindgren thinks for a long time before folding. Madsen shows 65 for six high and rakes the pot

This kid is kinda silly for showing his cards .

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[Yeti]

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I've seen a couple of threads about this kid, so far. Has anybody found whether he plays online, yet?

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I overheard him saying he said he doesn't play online much, and has done most of his playing at an Indian casino since he was 18.

[Botchman]

WOW He just doubled up...now sittin at 1.7 mill to Erick's
800,000...This is crazy, I think it's safe to say if he wins this he can drop out of school and be getting quite a bit of money from endorsments

[Yeti]

He seems very solid. I don't know how much can be said really, it's hard to judge anyone in these things because it's basically just a card catching contest.

[buckslayer80]

159. Lindgren raises to $50,000 and Madsen reraises to $170,000. Lindgren moves all in immediately and Madsen calls all in for $814,000, showing 88. Lindgren turns over A /images/graemlins/club.gifK /images/graemlins/club.gif. The board comes A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif9 /images/graemlins/spade.gif8 /images/graemlins/club.gif2 /images/graemlins/club.gif4 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif and Jeff Madsen has doubled up.

Holy sweatin it on the turn.

[WSOPChump]

yeah the erick lindgren ads on the side of the cardplayer ad
now need to read : erick lindgren just lost the chip lead play full tilt

[kemystery]

I've played with Madsen at said Casino, he IS kind of a luckbox, on a Live at the Bike broadcast last year (he was underage)he must have bluffed a 1000 stack all in 6-7 times in a 2 hour broadcast. At Chumash he'd either have a big stack or be in 4 buy ins and leave

I mean do you even have to ask? Didn't he take QQ vs. AA all in at the FT where he won the bracelet?

[AllinDan]

up 2.2M > 300k now, I need to work on my crazy LAG game I guess. If he really came into this on a 6k or whatever bankroll and borrowed from his parents, hes on the ride of his life. Finbop 2.0?

[52s]

165. On a flop of K43, Madsen checks and Lindgren bets $30,000. Madsen calls and the turn is the 9. Both players check and the river is the 10. Madsen checks and Lindgren bets $30,000. Madsen calls and shows 42 for a pair of fours. Lindgren mucks his hand.

Sniping the bluff river bet. Warms the cockles of my heart.

[DVaut1]

Madsen busted Lindgren. 2 braclets at age 21. What a donk.

[52s]

From $6k to $1.4M.

Sick.

[Jackie Onassis]

Christ.

[Yuv]

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Jeff Madsen $2,200,000

Erick Lindgren $300,000

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sick

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160. Jeff Madsen limps in and Erick Lindgren checks. The flop comes 544 and Lindgren checks. Madsen bets $30,000 and Lindgren folds .

161. Madsen gets a walk on his big blind and shows AK.

162. Madsen limps in and Lindgren checks. The flop comes 442 and Lindgren checks. Madsen bets $40,000 and Lindgren folds.

163. Lindgren raises to $50,000 and Madsen calls. The flop comes J102 and Madsen checks. Lindgren bets $65,000 and Madsen makes the call. The turn is the 4 and both players check. The river is the 2 and they check again. Madsen shows Q10 for a pair of tens and wins the pot.

164. Lindgren gets a walk on his big blind.

165. On a flop of K43, Madsen checks and Lindgren bets $30,000. Madsen calls and the turn is the 9. Both players check and the river is the 10. Madsen checks and Lindgren bets $30,000. Madsen calls and shows 42 for a pair of fours. Lindgren mucks his hand.

166. The player check down a board of QJ4105 and Lindgren shows 64 to win the pot.

167. Lindgren raises to $50,000 and Madsen reraises to $150,000. Lindgren makes the call and the flop comes Q32. Madsen moves all in immediately and Lindgren folds .

Big stack pwange?

[gilbert]

Two bracelets and a third place finish at 21. [censored] amazing.

[Jackie Onassis]

Two multi-bracelet winners so far, lol.

[kemystery]

wow!

[DemonDeac]

over/under until Madsen becomes a member of Team PokerStars??

[Quicksilvre]

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over/under until Madsen becomes a member of Team PokerStars??

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Forty-five seconds.

[Kevmath]

When Eric Froehlich won his bracelet last year, Lon McEachern said that his record for youngest bracelet winner was impossible to beat. Now this kid has two bracelets at 21 years, 1 month. Unless the gambling age is lowered, Madsen's record may never be broken.

[FoxVR6]

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over/under until Madsen becomes a member of Team PokerStars??

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Forty-five seconds.

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Well he better get a good endorsement deal. I bet ESPN will be all over his jock. ESPN was all over Mark Seif's jock last year for winning two bracelets, and Madsen should be way more marketable.

[Yuv]

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over/under until Madsen becomes a member of Team PokerStars??

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Forty-five seconds.

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Well he better get a good endorsement deal. I bet ESPN will be all over his jock. ESPN was all over Mark Seif's jock last year for winning two bracelets, and Madsen should be way more marketable.

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ESPN already on the case. From last night :

Fri Jul 21 18:53:00 PDT 2006
Madsen Shining Under Pressure
Jeff Madsen has had ESPN cameras in his face for the past 15 minutes and still continues to use his big stack pushing opponents out of pots. he has taken down the last 3 pots increasing his stack to $320,000 good for the chip lead once again.

[Kevmath]

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Two multi-bracelet winners so far, lol.

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Last time that happened, 2004. (thanks for the correction)
Also recently happened in 2002 and 2003.

[Jackie Onassis]

Seif had one of his wins televised though. Are any of Madsen's?

[Jackie Onassis]

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Two multi-bracelet winners so far, lol.

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Last time that happened, 2003.

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04. Fischman and Forrest.

[AllinDan]

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Seif had one of his wins televised though. Are any of Madsen's?

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this last event wasn't on the TV schedule, but I'd be VERY surprised if they completely ignored it, with Lindgren and Madsen at the table

[FoxVR6]

"Fri Jul 21 18:53:00 PDT 2006
Madsen Shining Under Pressure
Jeff Madsen has had ESPN cameras in his face for the past 15 minutes and still continues to use his big stack pushing opponents out of pots."

Sounds like they're going to be showing a little bit of it, at least.

[Jackie Onassis]

Prob. Chan/Laak style.

[birdytime]

flat out stud

[kemystery]

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Where does he have to place to surpass Chen for current POTY?

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I think he may have surpassed Chen with this win, did not realize who yeti was I could have passed along some playing notes I have on Madsen from the 2-5 games. Great job, Yeti on a tough FT.

[kemystery]

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Not slow for me but it works only half the time on CP's site, so I right click the lower left corner of the video to play it in RealPlayer.

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when I right click any where on the page, it doesnt give me the option to watch the vids -just copy/paste/select all) anyone who can just link the vids? tried google goes to cardplayer

[Sponger.]

lol at this guy's facebook pictures. does he do anything but flip the camera off?

http://photos-900.ak.facebook.com/ip007/v16/143/79/3610747/n3610747_30198900_2525.jpg

http://photos-904.facebook.com/ip007/v16/143/79/3610747/n3610747_30198904_1342.jpg

http://photos-904.ak.facebook.com/ip006/v18/221/115/3610222/n3610222_31099904_6937.jpg

http://photos-784.facebook.com/ip007/v21/221/115/3610222/n3610222_30856784_1565.jpg

and i know this isn't a middle finger but its still hilarious...

http://photos-662.facebook.com/ip002/v11/20/26/3600819/n3600819_30384662_6552.jpg

[Clayton]

hey its pedro!!!!

[kemystery]

If I felt like it I would photoshop WSOP bracelets onto those pics, obv on the arm in use, but I don't want to. Imagine I did and post praise and comments below /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[kemystery]

link dead

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Does anyone know the real POY standings? Cardplayer's don't really count for anything, and they are completely different from official WSOP POY. I remember Todd Witteles was 2005 POY acccording to Cardplayer.

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At pokerwire.com they have the ESPN WSOP Player of the year stats, and they seem to be basing that on money won.

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Boooooo. I was happy when Bill Chen was #1.

2006 ESPN WSOP Player of the Year
Rank Name Points
1 Jeff Cabanillas 818,546 Pts
2 William Chen 810,740 Pts
3 Mark Vos 803,274 Pts
4 Jeff Madsen 758,500 Pts
5 Brandon Cantu 757,839 Pts

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[cameronw01]

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hey its pedro!!!!

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No, it's the guy from Garden State from the hardware store. The resemblance is uncanny.

[Yuv]

THAT guy won 2 bracelets?! The world is unfair.

[BlackjackAJ]

I didn't know the UCSB poker community was this strong... hope I can add to the WSOP success some day.

[gilbert]

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hey its pedro!!!!

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No, it's the guy from Garden State from the hardware store. The resemblance is uncanny.

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that's exactly what I was thinking.

[Chump Change]

That sucks. I was really happy for this dude's success until I saw the slew of middle finger pictures, and now I kinda hate him. Ah well, is it just me?

[Whitewash]

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Boooooo. I was happy when Bill Chen was #1.

2006 ESPN WSOP Player of the Year
Rank Name Points
1 Jeff Cabanillas 818,546 Pts
2 William Chen 810,740 Pts
3 Mark Vos 803,274 Pts
4 Jeff Madsen 758,500 Pts
5 Brandon Cantu 757,839 Pts

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If they are actually doing POY system this year where you can win Player of the Year by winning one event and cashing in zero others, that is pretty sad.

[slcseas]

All I can say is kudos to this kid. Calling him an amazing player would be an understatement. He really seems to know his stuff. I read that he has read every poker book known to man. Kinda makes me laugh at guys like Scott Fischman who manages to tell us in just about every single interview they have that he's never read a poker book. He is a very good player, but it just goes to show how fast the learning curve is if you study various styles and theories.

[Sponger.]

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I read that he has read every poker book known to man.

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Apparently his favorite one is super system.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3722/untitledkg8.jpg

[Jackie Onassis]

This guy is rapidly ascending the tool ladder.

[MtnDave]

I was at Berkeley 70-71 for a semester (inter-campus exchange) and lived in an apartment next to the social secretary to the Black Panther Party. Fun times.

[JoeC]

Sponger, I think this thread constitutes the best use of Facebook I have seen.

[redrooski24]

Facebook finally being put to good use!

[minm2k]

chumashs sunday tournament is a single rebuy tourney with 30 min blind intervals but the blind structure is horrid

it goes from like 50 100 to 100 200 to 400 800 or so

basically its a donkament SNG to the max.

[Jackie Onassis]

Sponger, post what people wrote on his wall, if anything.

[Sponger.]

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Sponger, post what people wrote on his wall, if anything.

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it is just a bunch of congrats from all his friends. nothing really noteworthy

[Keyser.]

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That sucks. I was really happy for this dude's success until I saw the slew of middle finger pictures, and now I kinda hate him. Ah well, is it just me?

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Come on, they're just his facebook pictures. People are allowed to [censored] around in college.

[DLizzle]

hopefully now he can start hanging out with more attractive people.

[thedarknight]

it's cool he refers to himself in third person...and LOOK OUT FOR ME ON ESPN...I'm guess all the cash game players can't wait for this kid to blow his new roll and put it back into the poker economy. Which kid puts up his whole bank in 6 events? This guy might be the biggest boon to poker...get any dumbf*ck college kid with pipe dreams to take up the game.

[Botchman]

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and i know this isn't a middle finger but its still hilarious...


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lol dude, watch the newest card player vid. at the end he jumps back into view behind the guys head and does that same sign. must be some crazy IV gang he's in /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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You never seen any other kids do that sign?? Thats the Westside connection sign, It is supposed to be a W, it's like a rap group, pretty funny

[integrate]

A bunch of college kids playing poker...what a surprise.

[MSUcougar]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/news/story?id=2527689

[Keyser.]

zomg, I friended him on facebook and he confirmed it like 2 hours later. /images/graemlins/heart.gif /images/graemlins/heart.gif /images/graemlins/heart.gif

Also, he has a bunch of pictures without him flipping off the camera, Sponger just picked the funny ones.

Here's my favorite (notice the dude in the background):
http://photos-630.facebook.com/ip001/v14/145/103/3616530/n3616530_30026630_3427.jpg

[JoeM]

http://www.djmonkeyboy.com/clothing/haterade-logo.jpg

[FoxVR6]

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zomg, I friended him on facebook and he confirmed it like 2 hours later. /images/graemlins/heart.gif /images/graemlins/heart.gif /images/graemlins/heart.gif

Also, he has a bunch of pictures without him flipping off the camera, Sponger just picked the funny ones.

Here's my favorite (notice the dude in the background):
http://photos-630.facebook.com/ip001/v14/145/103/3616530/n3616530_30026630_3427.jpg

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Please tell me the dude in the background is doing the Roger Rabbit.

[sharp63]

I don't believe any of this. All college student who plays poker just maxes out their credit cards and robs a bank, not win two bracelets.

[Kaneloc]

Jeff is representing UCSB very well. Two bracelets and a third is incredible with the size of these fields. I also graduated from UCSB and was a grinder at the Chumash 6-12 game for about 3 years. That is the reason why it took me over 5 years to graduate. Everyone here likes to bash on Chumash but it was a great training ground for moving into the medium limits and there were some very good players. There will be one more UCSB alumni to win a bracelet this year as I take down the ME. Ahhh i miss I.V.!

[i am run]

Incredible. what an accomplishment.

[Jeremy517]

Eighth in chips after day one of the $1,000 Seven Card Hi-Lo Split.

[dlong226]

I know, a 4th FT and possibly a 3rd bracelet would be ridiculous because i know chumash doesn't have Stud HiLo

[Kaneloc]

Chumash used to spread a 1-5 stud eight or better game as that was the first game I learned to play there. I'm not sure if they still spread that game but that is a game they had a couple years ago for sure.

[xdeucesx]

I heart I.V. and Chumash was awesome.

[Marduk]

Cardplayer now has Jeff in 1/64 in the $1K Stud 8/b.

[thedarknight]

would madsen be considered the greatest young player in the game now?

better than the nick schulmans, mike graczs, ozzy87s, greenplastic (?), steve hudaks, etc.? is there NO stopping this kid..unbelievable.

[Buffalo Davis]

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would madsen be considered the greatest young player in the game now?

better than the nick schulmans, mike graczs, ozzy87s, greenplastic (?), steve hudaks, etc.? is there NO stopping this kid..unbelievable.

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He's the best player in the world!

[wrschultz]

He is listed at 3/33 left in the $1000 stud8 event now...

[Buffalo Davis]

Jeff Madsen is basically the 2006 WSOP version of Tuan Le.

[Sponger.]

I hope this guy chokes so hard. I hate him. Even if I knew 0 about him I'd still hate him. Ugh fail fail fail

[jdblacknines]

What?

[nolanfan34]

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I hope this guy chokes so hard. I hate him. Even if I knew 0 about him I'd still hate him. Ugh fail fail fail

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I heard he's going to be the new mod of BBV.

[Sponger.]

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I hope this guy chokes so hard. I hate him. Even if I knew 0 about him I'd still hate him. Ugh fail fail fail

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I heard he's going to be the new mod of BBV.

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best post ever

[traction]

has anyone checked his sunglasses?

[Morry32]

Phil Hellmuth at the age of 28 in 1993 won three bracelets and finished runner up - the three wins all came in hold'em while the runner up was in 2-7 draw. Hellmuth had already two bracelets and also in 93 Ted Forrest won three bracelets in three different games and was also only 28 years old.

if madsen holds finishes the WSOP in 2006 with 2 bracelets and 2 final tables, where does that put him? And still only being 21 years old?

[N 82 50 24]

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Phil Hellmuth at the age of 28 in 1993 won three bracelets and finished runner up - the three wins all came in hold'em while the runner up was in 2-7 draw. Hellmuth had already two bracelets and also in 93 Ted Forrest won three bracelets in three different games and was also only 28 years old.

if madsen holds finishes the WSOP in 2006 with 2 bracelets and 2 final tables, where does that put him? And still only being 21 years old?

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fields are a lot bigger now, madsen's wsop is way more impressive in my mind

[Jourdain]

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Phil Hellmuth at the age of 28 in 1993 won three bracelets and finished runner up - the three wins all came in hold'em while the runner up was in 2-7 draw. Hellmuth had already two bracelets and also in 93 Ted Forrest won three bracelets in three different games and was also only 28 years old.

if madsen holds finishes the WSOP in 2006 with 2 bracelets and 2 final tables, where does that put him? And still only being 21 years old?

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To add, Puggy Pearson also won 3 bracelets in one year. In 1973, he won the main event, the 1,000 no-limit event and the 4,000 stud event.

[young Nut]

Madsen has now made yet another final table in the 7 card stud hi/lo event, this kid can't be stopped. Pretty damn impressive.

[imjoshsizemore]

4 FTs***

[Jourdain]

If he makes one more final table after this one, he will join Hellmuth (1992), Chan (2002) and men the master (2003) with no. of FT's in 1 year.

If he wins this final table, he will join Hellmuth (1993), Forrest (1993) and Pearson (1973) with no. of bracelets in 1 year.

[Slider]

I'm so insanely jealous.

[Kevmath]

Phil Ivey also won 3 bracelets, in 2002.

[Starfish]

[ QUOTE ]
If he wins this final table, he will join Hellmuth (1993), Forrest (1993) and Pearson (1973) with no. of bracelets in 1 year.

[/ QUOTE ]

Hmm. Anyone remembers, what was the year of the claimed collusion pay (early 90s)? I think there was a claim of three players doing that. Did they play at the same tables?

[boo5000]

I think that his success early in the WSOP is probably helping him to a great extent now. Just being aware that someone at your table has turned in such great preformances probably makes others very nervous, and also tentative to get in the mix with him. Especially in a hi-lo game, where everyone is drawing - he is probably getting off pretty easy by betting some marginal draws and getting folds.

Thats all just hypothetical though - I'm not in vegas watching. I would just assume that the more bracelets you win or FTs you make the farther you will go, without an increase in skill.

[Buffalo Davis]

Negreanu made 5 FTs in 2004 too I believe.

[Whitewash]

Who is Jeff Madsen? I heard he has a million dollar bankroll.

[i am run]

[ QUOTE ]
Who is Jeff Madsen? I heard he has a million dollar bankroll.

[/ QUOTE ]

now he does..

[willie]

these accomplishments are very impressive.....

[kevbo]

Test the kid for steroids.

[portisfreak]

That's it, I've failed. My 21 and 11 month ass is off to pasture. Poker is too much of a young man's game.

[El Diablo]

All,

No-Limit Hold'em Short Handed 6/Table
1 $643,381.00

No-Limit Hold'em
1 $660,948.00

Omaha High-Low 8/OB
3 $97,552.00

Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB
Final Table

Wow. That really is amazing.

[DogFace]

I went to school with Jeff. He seemed like a good guy. I'm glad to see him doing well.

[riverrchic]

Wow, I've played at the Mash and the Sunday tournament there is pretty ridiculous (156 max players, 40 pay out). I'm super stoked my hometown is getting so much poker press. Go Jeff!

[Kneel B4 Zod]

[ QUOTE ]

if madsen holds finishes the WSOP in 2006 with 2 bracelets and 2 final tables, where does that put him? And still only being 21 years old?

[/ QUOTE ]

clearly #1, with nobody even close to being close

[Duck Rabbit]

Was he a well known online player before this? Anyone know what screen name/site he plays under?

[Morry32]

Jeff Madsen was all in on 5th street against Greg Dinkin. The players revealed:

Jeff Madsen 6s2s7s5s9c
Greg Dinkin AcAhQc10s3d

Madsen hit his spade flush on 7th street, along with an 8 low. Dinkin only improved to two pair (aces and queens), and Madsen scooped the pot, doubling up to 145K. Dinkin dropped down to 380K.


Madsen is now back into 4th with six remaining

[DrunkIrish05]

[ QUOTE ]
Was he a well known online player before this? Anyone know what screen name/site he plays under?

[/ QUOTE ]

he didn't really play online, just owned everyone at some crummy indian casino

[kemystery]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Was he a well known online player before this? Anyone know what screen name/site he plays under?

[/ QUOTE ]

he didn't really play online, just donated big to everyone at some really crummy indian casino

[/ QUOTE ]

[housenuts]

only 4 left in the stud hi-low 8/ob

[matt777]

Way to represent for Chumash! That's where I built my roll.

Given the large fields this year, this could be the greatest World Series performance ever.


Oh yeah, and don't hate on him just because you're jealous

[jdblacknines]

Madsen is just on one long sick rush....amazing.

[Whitewash]

This is easily the craziest rush I've ever heard of, given the size of the fields for all 4 tables.

[mason55]

I haven't been fllowing him. has he been making sick plays left and right or just turning over lots of big hands and coolering people?

[Willy]

[ QUOTE ]
First, that would put him about 100 points ahead of Chen.

First is 120 points
Multiplied by 3 for the 5k buy-in
Multiplied by 4 (507 entrants, cap is 400)

Giving him 1440 for the win.

[/ QUOTE ]

Where did you find these point counts?? last year it was 100 points for first with a multiplier for field size but no multiplier for buy in.

[thebeebster]

this is insanity.

[Kevmath]

[ QUOTE ]
Where did you find these point counts?? last year it was 100 points for first with a multiplier for field size but no multiplier for buy in.

[/ QUOTE ]

2006 Card Player POY Criteria (http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/poy_scoring)

2005 Card Player POY Criteria (http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/article/14488)

[Whitewash]

[ QUOTE ]
2006 Card Player POY Criteria (http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/poy_scoring)

2005 Card Player POY Criteria (http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/article/14488)

[/ QUOTE ]

No one really cares about the Cardplayer POY system in relation to the World Series.

Here is the system for Toyota POY they used last year:

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2005/06/espn-player-year-race.htm

I'm using this for my fantasy draft against a friend. I'll post the totals for various players tomorrow.

[Kevmath]

I posted those because the person I was replying to asked where I was getting my figures from. I'd be curious to see how different the Card Player POY and ESPN POY races are at the moment.

[Brent.]

[ QUOTE ]
4 left in the stud event and he's nearly tripled his chip stack since the day started

[/ QUOTE ]

Why are there no fricken updates on cardplayer.com about this tourney?

[Kevmath]

They just came back from the dinner break.

[thedarknight]

2nd in chips now. seriously there is NO STOPPING THIS KID...honestly he must be the talk of the series.

[dicelumpY2005]

This kid even gets a mention from Jim Rome on the Jim Rome radio show yesterday... I try to avoid following the WSOP on the internet until I heard this accomplishment mentioned. This was before he even made the final table at the stud 8/b event. This is truly amazing.

[Marduk]

Down to 3, Jeff's in 2nd right now. He retakes the lead in the Cardplayer WSOP rankings and moves into 2nd place for POTY. [censored] sick.

[all_in_lam]

[ QUOTE ]
Down to 3, Jeff's in 2nd right now. He retakes the lead in the Cardplayer WSOP rankings and moves into 2nd place for POTY. [censored] sick.

[/ QUOTE ]
if he wins does he surpass grinder?

[housenuts]

i doubt it. grinder's got a large lead

[Marduk]

He'll have exactly 4000 points when he wins.

[kemystery]

[ QUOTE ]
I haven't been fllowing him. has he been making sick plays left and right or just turning over lots of big hands and coolering people?

[/ QUOTE ]

yes

[rwesty]

Big Prop Bets
Jeff Madsen and Patrick Poels have a one dollar bet that one of the three remaining players will be dealt a set on third street by the end of the tournament. Greg Dinkin has agreed to show his hand if he is the one who gets dealt the set. Dinkin decided to pass on this particular prop because he is already down one dollar to Jeff Madsen. Those two bet on the possibility of a Queen being the bring in within an hour. The Queen bring in occurred just minutes ago.

[Photoc]

[ QUOTE ]
Big Prop Bets
Jeff Madsen and Patrick Poels have a one dollar bet that one of the three remaining players will be dealt a set on third street by the end of the tournament. Greg Dinkin has agreed to show his hand if he is the one who gets dealt the set. Dinkin decided to pass on this particular prop because he is already down one dollar to Jeff Madsen. Those two bet on the possibility of a Queen being the bring in within an hour. The Queen bring in occurred just minutes ago.

[/ QUOTE ]

I wonder what they'd do if someone was rolled up. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[imjoshsizemore]

They've been at the max level for 4 and a half hours already just trading the blinds around, this one is going to last a while longer.

[okterrific]

Cardplayers coverage/ "live updates log" of this event stinks on ice.

[imjoshsizemore]

Yeah, unlike some other times they aren't doing everyhand, not sure why.

[Jourdain]

Bye bye Madsen.

[JustBeginning]

Madsen Eliminated
Short stacked, Jeff Madsen gets it all-in against Patrick Poules on fourth street. When the cards are all finally dealt, Madsen's 9-9 are beaten by Poules' A-A. Neither player shows a low. That makes two firsts and two thirds so far for Jeff Madsen at the 2006 WSOP.

[CaseS87]

i knew he was a joke. what a loser

[kemystery]

Madsen Link (http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player_jeff-madsen)

[Turn Prophet]

He finished 3rd in the Stud Hi/Lo event. Very impressive. I'll be excited to see what else he does on the pro circuit in the next year or two as well. He definitely has had one of the best years in WSOP history already, and it would really be something if he made it deep into the ME.


P.S. I finished 2nd in a Stud 8-or-Better tournament online yesterday, thus proving Me > Madsen. Thank you.

[laclippersfan]

i doubt he just went to chumash to get to where he is now. their biggest game is the 2-5 NL game (300-500 buyin) on weekends. they very rarely spread the 6-12 limit game (4-8 is usually the biggest limit running) now and their tournaments are terrible. the 2-5 200 max game during weekdays, despite the [censored] structure, is pretty juicy because the game is full of degenerates. i hate the fact that chumash is the only casino near ucsb. SPREAD BIGGER LIMIT GAMES PLEASE.

i've played in the small 2-5 game with madsen a couple of times this past year or so. really limited experience with him because i rarely go to chumash and when there i usually play 4-8, probably like 50 hands. i don't remember much about him but i do distinctly remember how loose his pre-flop selection was (considering the short buy in structure, i wonder how he ever made those big stacks that he occasionally has).

but his record speaks for himself, much more than what a hazy memory can. congratulations to madsen. i guess there's going to be some noise when i go back to school this year.

[Whitewash]

Pretty impressive Madsen has final tabled 3 different forms of poker.

There has to be something about how he learned the game aside from playing at Chumash.

[matt777]

I expect Chumash to get much more crowded as all the UCSB kids are going to playt there in hopes of being the next Jeff Madsen. Hopefully this will lead to higher limits and higher buy-ins/better blind structures on their tournaments>

[Sponger.]

[ QUOTE ]
I expect Chumash to get much more crowded as all the UCSB kids are going to playt there in hopes of being the next Jeff Madsen.

[/ QUOTE ]

I don't expect this at all.

[j_allstar]

I dont either. I see no reason for ESPN to give chumash free advertising, and most college kids dont read cardplayer updates. I kinda doubt word of mouth alone will fill the poker rooms.
I used to play at chumash about two years ago and the biggest game they had then was 2-3 max 100 no limit... When did they add 200 max and 500 max games?

[dlk9s]

Bottom line: Madsen is a BAMF.

[BlackjackAJ]

[ QUOTE ]
I expect Chumash to get much more crowded as all the UCSB kids are going to playt there in hopes of being the next Jeff Madsen. Hopefully this will lead to higher limits and higher buy-ins/better blind structures on their tournaments>

[/ QUOTE ]

I don't think so. Chumash is kept alive by retired people in the lompoc area. College students are definitely not on the top of their list. Second, most of the serious Santa Barbara and UCSB people I know play at the Bike and Commerce much more frequently than Chumash.

[BlackjackAJ]

[ QUOTE ]
When did they add 200 max and 500 max games?

[/ QUOTE ]

The 200 max hs been around for around two years, you must have just missed the change. The 500 game has been running consistently Friday's and Saturday's for about a year. 4/8 with a 1/2 kill is usually the biggest limit game, sometime 6/12 if the board fills. They used to have a Friday night 10/20 that was incredibly soft but I don't think there were enough players to keep the game alive.

[kemystery]

[ QUOTE ]
I expect Chumash to get much more crowded as all the UCSB kids are going to playt there in hopes of being the next Jeff Madsen. Hopefully this will lead to higher limits and higher buy-ins/better blind structures on their tournaments>

[/ QUOTE ]

Chumash won't do this, they are lame

[ICantCash]

Jeff Madsen in red as full tilt team member on pokerwire.com