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World Series Of Poker
2006 $2,000 No Limit Holdem Result 14th July |
LAS VEGAS
June 25 – August 10 2006
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Event # 22 (3 day event)
Entries -- 1579
(1403)
Buy-in -- $2,000
Prize Pool -- $2,873,780
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Jeff Madsen
(Los Angeles, CA, USA)
wins $660,948 and
his
bracelet |
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| Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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| 1 |
Jeff Madsen |
CA |
$660,948 |
| 2 |
Paul Sheng |
CA |
$330,485 |
| 3 |
Julian Gardner
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Manchester, GB |
$172,427 |
| 4 |
Troy Parkins |
VA |
$132,194 |
| 5 |
Robert Cohen |
NY |
$112,077 |
| 6 |
Robert Bright |
NV |
$94,835 |
| 7 |
Mike Chow |
HI |
$83,340 |
| 8 |
Billy Duarte |
CO |
$71,845 |
| 9 |
John Shipley |
Solihull, GB |
$60,349 |
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| 40 |
Edward Lundon (Edinburgh) |
$8,621 |
| 41 |
Captain Tom Franklin |
$8,621 |
| 92 |
Dave Colclough (Birmingham) |
$4,311 |
| 128 |
Erik Seidel |
$2,874 |
| 142 |
Men "The Master" Nguyen |
$2,874 |
| 147 |
Tony Bloom (London) |
$2,874 |
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Facts |
156 places paid.
Jeff
Madsen Becomes the Youngest Winner in WSOP History
Las Vegas, NV –
For the third consecutive year, the record for youngest World Series of Poker
winner has been broken. Back in 2004, Gavin Griffin became the youngest player
in history to win a gold bracelet. Even then, with so many young people turned
on to poker, it seemed just a matter of time before a younger star would emerge
and eclipse the record. Next came 2005, when Eric Froehlich won the $1,500 buy
in Limit Hold'em championship.
At 21 years, three months, and three
days of age, Froehlich established a new benchmark for the youngest poker
champion. Now in 2006, the record has been shattered again. Jeff Madsen, aged
21 years, one month, and nine days, has likely set a record that will not be
broken for quite some time. Madsen defeated a whopping 1,578 players, who each
put up $2,000 to enter Event #22 on this year’s World Series of Poker
schedule. First place paid $660,948. Not bad for a young college student
preparing to return to school next month for his senior year.
It took
two long days to eliminate most of the huge field. On Day Three, the nine
finalists took the stage at the Rio Las Vegas to play for the championship. The
final table included several well-established tournament veterans. However,
this was the first open event in 2006 not to include at least one former gold
bracelet winner.
Madsen is currently a film student at UC-Santa
Barbara. He says he hopes to eventually get into film and perhaps try his hand
at directing. “I will definitely finish college,” Madsen said
afterward. “College is very important, so it will be part of my life. But
the reality is -- I’m still young, so I have some time to figure things
out.”
Despite his youth, Madsen has played live casino poker for
nearly three years. He played regularly at various California Indian casinos
near his home, where the legal gambling age is 18. Due to Nevada state law,
this is the first year he was eligible to play at the WSOP.
Madsen
expects that his record might stand for quite some time. “It’s going
to be tough (to break),” Madsen said. “I’m just lucky that my
birthday was so close. It’s going to be hard, since I’m 21 and one
month. It will sure be tough to break that record.”
by Nolan
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