Madsen Interview

[Dids]

"That doesn't change the fact that I would love to play in a game with him since it's pretty clear he sucks."

I don't think we have nearly enough information on him to suggest this at all. We don't know he's great, but we don't know he's horrible. Given what we do know, I'd trend more towards "would probably own somebody displaying shoddy logic on the internet" than not.

[Habib Marwan]

I wish my mommy would lend me several grand to gamble in Vegas since I told her I rule at poker.

[Imrahil]

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If I ever win a tournament, I am going to milk the press big time and make up the most crazy absurd stuff possible like

"I called that one hand because I had been counting the number of hearts in the last twenty hands and there was definitely a strong likelyhood that it would come on the river."

"Often, I wont look at my cards until the turn. What I do is study all of my opponents. If I know my cards, then it will be too big of a distraction. I am confident that my reads are so strong, that my cards really dont matter. Remember, you play the man, not the cards"

"I often offer to buy people drinks at the table. It helps give me an idea how tight or agressive they will be throughout the night."

"Its important for every poker player to get used to winning and losing alot of money in short periods of time. I recommend playing high stakes black jack for practice. Make each bet 10% of your bankroll."

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LOL, a classic

[Xellos]

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"That doesn't change the fact that I would love to play in a game with him since it's pretty clear he sucks."

I don't think we have nearly enough information on him to suggest this at all. We don't know he's great, but we don't know he's horrible. Given what we do know, I'd trend more towards "would probably own somebody displaying shoddy logic on the internet" than not.

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I guess you haven't read the interview or any of the posts from people that said they've played live with him. If this guy played online I wouldn't even think about saying he's bad, but I've played at the casino where this guy "mastered" poker. There's a 2/4 and 3/6 limit game and a 2/5 NL with 200 max that doesn't always go, as well as some tiny buyin donkaments. No matter how hard you study the game (in his case I'm guessing this is not at all) you do not gain the skill to perform this well in games where you are playing for lunch money.

I'm more than willing to believe that there are hundreds/thousands of players out there that play online that nobody knows the name of that are winning hundreds of thousands that could potentially pull off a similar WSOP, but please don't suggest to me that someone that was MAYBE (probably not) a winner in a $200, 40 big blind buyin cash game is somehow skilled enough to play and compete at an even remotely similar level against dozens of people that play in games where the average win or loss is at least ten times the amount of money he had to borrow from his parents and take out of his college fund to enter these events.

I'm going to make a bold claim and say that Chris Moneymaker is a far superior poker player than Jeff Madsen.

[ligastar]

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If I ever win a tournament, I am going to milk the press big time and make up the most crazy absurd stuff possible like

"I called that one hand because I had been counting the number of hearts in the last twenty hands and there was definitely a strong likelyhood that it would come on the river."

"Often, I wont look at my cards until the turn. What I do is study all of my opponents. If I know my cards, then it will be too big of a distraction. I am confident that my reads are so strong, that my cards really dont matter. Remember, you play the man, not the cards"

"I often offer to buy people drinks at the table. It helps give me an idea how tight or agressive they will be throughout the night."

"Its important for every poker player to get used to winning and losing alot of money in short periods of time. I recommend playing high stakes black jack for practice. Make each bet 10% of your bankroll."

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This is funny sh*t.

[YTV]

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If anyone actually knows this goofball I suggest trying to rope him into playing like a 50/100+ game at Chumash and then PMing me when it's going to happen. Ever since finding out about this kid I've done nothing but salivate at the thought of taking mountains of money from him since I have nothing better to do on weekends than to beat up on retards playing poker.

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jealousy is bad

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What the hell is your point? Of course I'm jealous that some clueless moron won 1.5 million. I'm jealous of people that win the lottery and I don't even buy lottery tickets. That doesn't change the fact that I would love to play in a game with him since it's pretty clear he sucks.

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Clearly

[tufat23]

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"That doesn't change the fact that I would love to play in a game with him since it's pretty clear he sucks."

I don't think we have nearly enough information on him to suggest this at all. We don't know he's great, but we don't know he's horrible. Given what we do know, I'd trend more towards "would probably own somebody displaying shoddy logic on the internet" than not.

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I guess you haven't read the interview or any of the posts from people that said they've played live with him. If this guy played online I wouldn't even think about saying he's bad, but I've played at the casino where this guy "mastered" poker. There's a 2/4 and 3/6 limit game and a 2/5 NL with 200 max that doesn't always go, as well as some tiny buyin donkaments. No matter how hard you study the game (in his case I'm guessing this is not at all) you do not gain the skill to perform this well in games where you are playing for lunch money.

I'm more than willing to believe that there are hundreds/thousands of players out there that play online that nobody knows the name of that are winning hundreds of thousands that could potentially pull off a similar WSOP, but please don't suggest to me that someone that was MAYBE (probably not) a winner in a $200, 40 big blind buyin cash game is somehow skilled enough to play and compete at an even remotely similar level against dozens of people that play in games where the average win or loss is at least ten times the amount of money he had to borrow from his parents and take out of his college fund to enter these events.

I'm going to make a bold claim and say that Chris Moneymaker is a far superior poker player than Jeff Madsen.

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True but have you seen the latest stars promo shots for the 2.5mill freeroll? Moneymaker has been eating WAY too much lobster

[kemystery]

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so he'd never seen more than $8000, took money out of his college fund, and went to buy into 6 multi-thousand dollar tournaments as soon as he was old enough cos he thought he could make money at them.

cant wait for the hordes of like minded kids flocking to B&M and internet games when ESPN airs this

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[Snoh84]

Moneymaker is actually much skinnier now than when he won the main event...I'd guess he's lost 30 pounds since then at least.

I would think I'm stating the obvious, but you don't make 4 final tables in a month and beat over 2500 people by being just lucky.

[DesertCat]

I hate this tool for the following reasons...

- He won two bracelets.
- He cashed in four events.
- He's only 21 years old.
- He won $1.4M.

Do I need any more?