Who the fcuk is Jeff Madsen?

BigDragon

21 yrs old

2 WSOP braclets, 1 3rd, 1 other FT and now 8th/98 in the 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo split.

Nuts. And he's not an internet player.

Lafortezza

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=68266

He's been mentioned a bit on 2+2, apparently he turned pro in the last couple of months. I'd say he's a good player who is running really well.

shoutman

Jesus christ, thats some first world series for him anyone, I wonder how much of his success is due to good variance...

Hectorjelly

shoutman wrote:

Jesus christ, thats some first world series for him anyone, I wonder how much of his success is due to good variance...

LOL

All of it?

NickyOD

I think he's cheating. In fact after watching the trailer for the new movie Aces I'm convinced of it.

kincsem

Its just a phase the kid is going through. He'll snap out of it.

Ha ha. I bet he makes all you young guys feel old.:)

Ste05

Here's a thread from 2+2 that you might find amusing...

Best Tournament Player of all time

5starpool

I have only read the first few posts but the guy who posted the topic following it up with posts such as this one about why Ivey shouldn't be in the poll because he doesn't play tournaments......

"OK, well, I can believe maybe he won some tournament in Monte Carlo, but who cares about that, I've never even heard of it so no way is it a prestigious tournament. If this poll was for greatest poker player, Ivey would be high up there because he is really high up there among great cash games players (along with other cash games legends like Chip Reese, David Sklansky, Todd Brunson, John D'Agastino and Jennifer Harman), but I do not really think he is a tournament player."

Hitman Actual

5starpool wrote:

I have only read the first few posts but the guy who posted the topic following it up with posts such as this one about why Ivey shouldn't be in the poll because he doesn't play tournaments......

"OK, well, I can believe maybe he won some tournament in Monte Carlo, but who cares about that, I've never even heard of it so no way is it a prestigious tournament. If this poll was for greatest poker player, Ivey would be high up there because he is really high up there among great cash games players (along with other cash games legends like Chip Reese, David Sklansky, Todd Brunson, John D'Agastino and Jennifer Harman), but I do not really think he is a tournament player."

Is David Sklansky a cash game legend? And Jennifer Harman? And Todd Brunson? Interesting.

Scouser in Dub

reading further suggests he is taking the piss

Hectorjelly

this thread is rapidly becoming as funny as the 2+2 one

slegs

the p1ss is being pulled from so many angles its hard to know who are the targets (the posters, the readers, tournament poker, tournament poker players)

best post is

"
Phil Hellmuth -- We might have a winner, folks. A couple days ago Ivey said that nobody plays every hand perfect, except Phil Hellmuth. I mean, a lot of people think Ivey is the best player around, and he says Phil Hellmuth plays ever hand perfect. Plus, the guy is a 9 time Hold em champion. Plus he won the heads up tournament. He's the only guy who doesn't need any luck to win. In fact, if there weren't luck involved, he'd probably win every one. I heard some guys talking at Wendy's, and they said that Phil Hellmuth will probably win 20 bracelets in his life. That's a lot of bracelets. He's basically Superman. He can dodge bullets. He has X-ray vision into people's souls. When this guy is in the zone, it's like when Jordan said he thought the rim was "a big old, huge bucket."
"

Hitman Actual

Scouser in Dub wrote:

reading further suggests he is taking the piss

Maybe I should actually read that link so, before I post some naive comments!

Scouser in Dub

that it was a piss take took a little realisation on my part and I did click the link

Goodluck2me

Below are the stats for one of the people you list above, including 4 main event final tables as well as two bracelets in the same year Not to say that he is the best, but perhaps better than a few that you list in your poll

2006 37th WSOP NLHE 07/23/2006 23rd $18,655.00
2006 Mirage Poker Showdown NLHE Heads Up 05/12/2006 6th $18,624.00
2006 Bay 101 Shooting Star NLHE Championship 03/03/2006 22nd $50,000.00
2005 Festa al Lago IV's North American Poker Championship NLHE 10/21/2005 2nd $620,730.00
2005 World Poker Challenge NLHE Championship 04/01/2005 22nd $10,352.00
2005 L.A. Poker Classic NLHE Championship 02/22/2005 17th $36,165.00
2004 World Poker Finals NLHE Multiplay 11/19/2004 4th $45,000.00
2004 35th WSOP NLHE Main Event 05/28/2004 4th $1,500,000.00
2004 2nd Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic WPT NLHE Championship 04/23/2004 21st $49,899.00
2003 Four Queens Poker Classic NLHE - Main Event 10/05/2003 5th $25,875.00
2003 Borgata Poker Open - WPT 09/19/2003 5th $7,785.00
34th WSOP 2003 Main Event 05/23/2003 3rd $650,000.00
28th WSOP 1997 NLHE 05/08/1997 17th $5,208.00
27th WSOP 1996 NLHE Main Event 05/16/1996 17th $23,400.00
26th WSOP 1995 NLHE Main Event 05/18/1995 1st $1,000,000.00
26th WSOP 1995 NLHE 05/12/1995 1st $249,000.00
18th WSOP 1987 NLHE Main Event 05/14/1987 6th $43,750.00

total earnings > $4.3M

Theres always some guys dying to throw some stats out there, they could possibly think the guy was serious?

stephenoleary

This kid is pretty special.

$1.4 million in 3 events.... nice little bankroll for your senior year in college.

I knew I should have played more poker last summer.....

antomadness

i stupidly read the whole thing
i felt that the original poster,el dia... something, was completely serious and the rest were just taking the piss (with a few exceptions)
was he taking it serious???from the outset it appeared so

slegs

antomadness wrote:

i stupidly read the whole thing
i felt that the original poster,el dia... something, was completely serious and the rest were just taking the piss (with a few exceptions)
was he taking it serious???from the outset it appeared so

nope he was winding up from the get go....only other scenario is that he is touched upstairs

antomadness

slegs wrote:

nope he was winding up from the get go....only other scenario is that he is touched upstairs

Wow didnt pick up on that at all.I was sure he was serious and just had really really bad taste in poker players
lol

cooker3

Hmmmn, it was blatantly obvious to me from his first 3 or 4 posts he wasn't serious, still a good laugh though

jtsuited

so like this is like a thread about a thread?
interesting.

pretty phenomenal run yer man madsen has had

Ste05

jtsuited wrote:

so like this is like a thread about a thread?
interesting.

Are they not the best kind? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Also if anyone has read any of El D's stuff then it'd be obvious it was all very tongue in cheek, he's one of the most respected posters on 2+2... what suprised me most is the amount of posters with over 2k posts who didn't get it straight away.

staringelf

he's now in first place with 64 left in the stud hi/low split event (and first by a decent amount of chips too). that's probably going to be another final table at least for him. unbelievable. i hate him so much..

Sinfonia

slegs wrote:

best post is
"
Phil Hellmuth -- We might have a winner, folks. A couple days ago Ivey said that nobody plays every hand perfect, except Phil Hellmuth. I mean, a lot of people think Ivey is the best player around, and he says Phil Hellmuth plays ever hand perfect. Plus, the guy is a 9 time Hold em champion. Plus he won the heads up tournament. He's the only guy who doesn't need any luck to win. In fact, if there weren't luck involved, he'd probably win every one. I heard some guys talking at Wendy's, and they said that Phil Hellmuth will probably win 20 bracelets in his life. That's a lot of bracelets. He's basically Superman. He can dodge bullets. He has X-ray vision into people's souls. When this guy is in the zone, it's like when Jordan said he thought the rim was "a big old, huge bucket."
"

taking the piss or not, that one's a classic

staringelf

SumGuy wrote:

taking the piss or not, that one's a classic

meh, i wouldn't be surprised to see him win another 10. he's probably got another 30 years or whatever left in him. that's only 1 every 3 years. its not that outrageous.

califano

NickyOD wrote:

I think he's cheating. In fact after watching the trailer for the new movie Aces I'm convinced of it.

IMO he's just getting a bit of help from above if thats cheating?.

Landon is doing the real work.

jonnner

Now he has made the Final Table of the Seven Card Hi-Lo Split (whatever that is:p ).

delanec8

He is down to the last 5 but he isnt even the chip leader so dont believe the hype, he cant play at all.

wayfarer

fish

stephenoleary

Just claimed 3rd place Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB.....

This kid just gets better and better....