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Poker Tournament Results
37th Annual World Series of Poker
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Jeff Madsen |
| 1 |
Jeff Madsen (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$660,948 |
| 2 |
Paul Sheng (San Francisco, CA, USA) |
$330,485 |
| 3 |
Julian Gardner (Manchester, UK) |
$172,427 |
| 4 |
Troy Parkins (Leesburg, VA, USA) |
$132,194 |
| 5 |
Robert Dylan Cohen (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$112,077 |
| 6 |
Robert Bright AKA "Bob" (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$94,835 |
| 7 |
Mike Chow (Honolulu, HI, USA) |
$83,340 |
| 8 |
Billy Duarte (Berthoud, CO, USA) |
$71,845 |
| 9 |
John Shipley (Solihull, UK) |
$60,349 |
| 10 |
Efrain Lopez AKA "Don Goyo" (Ripon, CA, USA) |
$48,854 |
| 11 |
Mats Gavatin (Lidingo, Sweden) |
$45,980 |
| 12 |
Anthony Tamborello (Tampa, FL, USA) |
$43,107 |
| 13 |
Greg Gossard (San Diego, CA, USA) |
$40,233 |
| 14 |
Michael Odeh (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$37,359 |
| 15 |
Steve Crockett (Costa Mesa, CA, USA) |
$34,485 |
| 16 |
Steve Balezentes (Santa Maria, CA, USA) |
$31,612 |
| 17 |
Anthony Toscano (Huntington Beach, CA, USA) |
$28,738 |
| 18 |
Ben Armstrong (Tulsa, OK, USA) |
$25,864 |
| 19 |
Jason Strasser (New York, NY, USA) |
$22,990 |
| 20 |
Reza Zand AKA "R.Z." (Henderson, NV, USA) |
$22,990 |
| 21 |
Shane Littlefield (Manchseter, MD, USA) |
$22,990 |
| 22 |
Stuart Moody AKA "Sam" (Cary, NC, USA) |
$20,116 |
| 23 |
David Byer (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$20,116 |
| 24 |
Tom Ostrander (Tampa, FL, USA) |
$20,116 |
| 25 |
Tom Dykema (Holland, FL, USA) |
$17,243 |
| 26 |
Cory Ward (Titusville, FL, USA) |
$17,243 |
| 27 |
Alex Brenes (San Jose, Costa Rica) |
$17,243 |
| 28 |
Francois Charles (Paris, France) |
$14,369 |
| 29 |
Chang Huang AKA "ThEliminXtor" (Fort Myers, FL, USA) |
$14,369 |
| 30 |
Mike Souza (San Diego, CA, USA) |
$14,369 |
| 31 |
Jonathan Mann (Portland, OR, USA) |
$11,495 |
| 32 |
Eugene Todd (Brooklyn, NY, USA) |
$11,495 |
| 33 |
Phil Mazen (Syosset, NY, USA) |
$11,495 |
| 34 |
Gabriel Nassif (Paris, France) |
$10,058 |
| 35 |
Ty Bayne (Visalia, CA, USA) |
$10,058 |
| 36 |
Reza Payvar (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$10,058 |
| 37 |
Jonathan Little AKA "FieryJustice" (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$8,621 |
| 38 |
Darryl Dauenhauer (Laughlin, NV, USA) |
$8,621 |
| 39 |
Brian Kelley (Ft. Myers, FL, USA) |
$8,621 |
| 40 |
Edward Lundon (Edinburgh, UK) |
$8,621 |
| 41 |
Captain Tom Franklin (Gulfport, MS, USA) |
$8,621 |
| 42 |
Kevin Whitaker (San Francisco, CA, USA) |
$8,621 |
| 43 |
Dan MacLean (Denver, CO, USA) |
$8,621 |
| 44 |
Butch Holmes (Palm Desert, CA, USA) |
$8,621 |
| 45 |
Doug Gladstone (San Francisco, CA, USA) |
$8,621 |
| 46 |
Walter Chambers (Baton Rouge, LA, USA) |
$7,184 |
| 47 |
Andy Davenport (Horsham, PA, USA) |
$7,184 |
| 48 |
Samir Khouvers (Australia) |
$7,184 |
| 49 |
Delainey Blakeney (Brandon, MS, USA) |
$7,184 |
| 50 |
Philip Carver (Chandler, AZ, USA) |
$7,184 |
| 51 |
Ben Staufeneger (Alliance, OH, USA) |
$7,184 |
| 52 |
Douglas Carli AKA "Rico" (Alliance, OH, USA) |
$7,184 |
| 53 |
Jason Stern (San Jose, CA, USA) |
$7,184 |
| 54 |
Paul Tschernia (Henderson, NV, USA) |
$7,184 |
| 55 |
Miguel Mateo AKA "Exotico" (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
$5,748 |
| 56 |
Marc Schneiderman (Rockaway Park, NY, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 57 |
Ayad Hussein (Chicago, IL, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 58 |
Richard Sharpe (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 59 |
Rich Pasquini (Newbury Park, CA, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 60 |
Peter Verey (Victoria, Australia) |
$5,748 |
| 61 |
Nathan Doudney (Dallas, TX, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 62 |
Thomas Bradford (Douglasville, GA, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 63 |
Ron Weems (Overland Park, KS, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 64 |
Sirvatsa Shankam (Santa Ana, CA, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 65 |
Jeff Shulman (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 66 |
Carl Sciandri (Napa, CA, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 67 |
Robert Mastrosimone (Islip, NY, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 68 |
Mike Guadano (San Diego, CA, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 69 |
Brian Mogelefsky (Huntington, NY, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 70 |
Courtney Harrington (Mooresville, NC, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 71 |
Jeremy Scharf AKA "Jewtastic" (Valley Village, CA, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 72 |
Shannon Shorr (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$5,748 |
| 73 |
Robert Spicuzza (Lexington, KY, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 74 |
Asher Derei (London, UK) |
$4,311 |
| 75 |
Dan Pugliese (Brooklyn, NY, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 76 |
Peter Lee (Northridge, CA, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 77 |
Adam Daniels (Ottawa, ON, Canada) |
$4,311 |
| 78 |
Hung La (Manhattan Beach, CA, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 79 |
Vincent Sokalski (Allentown, PA, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 80 |
Ernie Scherer III AKA "Killer" (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 81 |
Baris Yazici AKA "SnowCactus" (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 82 |
Jamin Styers (Ocala, FL, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 83 |
Burt Boutin AKA "the big...BOUTIN" (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 84 |
Stephen Wells AKA "The Nutts" (London, UK) |
$4,311 |
| 85 |
David Brannan (Plymouth, UK) |
$4,311 |
| 86 |
Doug Hartman (Dallas, TX, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 87 |
David Barbet (Royersford, PA, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 88 |
John Kalmar (Chorley, UK) |
$4,311 |
| 89 |
Adam Zinn AKA "duck" (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 90 |
Simon Ford (Calgary, AB, Canada) |
$4,311 |
| 91 |
Mark Migdal (Woodland Hills, CA, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 92 |
Dave Colclough (Birmingham, UK) |
$4,311 |
| 93 |
Mark Lillge (Kensington, CA, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 94 |
Steve Friedlander AKA "Freeze" (Reno, NV, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 95 |
Sam Mallard (Tampa, FL, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 96 |
David Hiben (Bloomington, MN, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 97 |
Steve Rassi (Morton, IL, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 98 |
Mike Landers (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 99 |
Feming Chan (W. Windsor, NJ, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 100 |
Donnie Sitic (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 101 |
Christopher Rizzo (Portland, ME, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 102 |
Young V Phan (Garden Grove, CA, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 103 |
Johan Storakers (Stockholm, Sweden) |
$4,311 |
| 104 |
Jeffrey Gottesman (Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 105 |
Tony Fesl (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 106 |
Mark Tarich (North Miami Beach, FL, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 107 |
Gioi Luong (Westminster, CA, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 108 |
Yeang Kuy (Fresno, CA, USA) |
$4,311 |
| 109 |
Gregory Fleming (AB, Canada) |
$2,874 |
| 110 |
Ari Konyalian (Glendale, CA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 111 |
Josh Schlein (Baltimore, WA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 112 |
Robert Loucks (Redford Township, MI, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 113 |
Steve Wilsdon (UK) |
$2,874 |
| 114 |
Howard Hu (Valencia, CA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 115 |
David Shotwell (Eaton Rapids, MI, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 116 |
Jeremy Burron |
$2,874 |
| 117 |
Peter Gould (London, UK) |
$2,874 |
| 118 |
Jeff Rosenblatt (Mount Royal, QC, Canada) |
$2,874 |
| 119 |
Brandon Greulich (Del Mar, CA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 120 |
Mark McCormick (North Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 121 |
Dennis Mattingly (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 122 |
Robert Skunberg |
$2,874 |
| 123 |
Michael Ta (Sheridan, OR, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 124 |
Gerald DeNicholas (Tampa, FL, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 125 |
David McGrath (Hermosa Beach, CA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 126 |
Joseph Demarco (Seattle, WA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 127 |
David Stamm (Granite Bay, CA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 128 |
Erik Seidel (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 129 |
Eddie D Gravalese (Revere, MA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 130 |
Yan Chen (Irvine, CA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 131 |
Dao Kim Bac (Garden Grove, CA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 132 |
Andre Ridges (Columbia, SC, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 133 |
Charles Ambrogi (Dublin, OH, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 134 |
Paul Hughes (Brownsville, MN, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 135 |
Mitchell Smith (Cape Coral, FL, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 136 |
Louis Asmo (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 137 |
Steve Fetterman AKA "Kruzer" (Apollo, PA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 138 |
Peter Hedlund (Stockholm, Sweden) |
$2,874 |
| 139 |
Jing Xia (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 140 |
Peter Nam (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 141 |
Noel Martinez (Orlando, FL, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 142 |
Men "The Master" Nguyen (Bell Gardens, CA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 143 |
Nam Le (Huntington Beach, CA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 144 |
Michael Labarbera (San Jose, CA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 145 |
George Williams (Concord, CA, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 146 |
Jason Urchek (Ravenna, OH, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 147 |
Tony Bloom (London, UK) |
$2,874 |
| 148 |
Shawn Lusher (Kansas City, KS, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 149 |
Lawrence Lossia (Southfield, MI, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 150 |
James Godfrey AKA "Poker Jimmy" (Killington, VT, USA) |
$2,874 |
| 151 |
Kenny Chanthamalo (East Lyme, CT, USA) |
$1,437 |
| 152 |
Daniel Gati (New York, NY, USA) |
$1,437 |
| 153 |
Bradley Berman (Minnetonka, MN, USA) |
$1,437 |
| 154 |
Matt Keikoan (Richmond, CA, USA) |
$1,437 |
| 155 |
Richard Weisman (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$1,437 |
| 156 |
Jean "Prince" Gaspard (Evanston, IL, USA) |
$1,437 |
Tournament Report
A Summer Job that Pays $20,000 an Hour
Jeff Madsen Becomes the Youngest Winner in WSOP History
21-year-old UC-Santa Barbara college student wins $660,948
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.
Name Chip Count Seat
Troy Parkins $451,000 1
Bob Bright $365,000 2
Billy Duarte $102,000 3
Jeff Madson $413,000 4
Julian Gardner $628,000 5
Michael Chow $125,000 6
Robert Dylon Cohen $419,000 7
John Shipley $166,000 8
Paul Sheng $569,000 9
John Shipley was the first player out. The British pro was low on chips and was forced to play a sub-par hand in the end, resulting in elimination. Shipley, who won the European Poker Tour championship in London two years ago and also made the final table of the WSOP main event in 2002 (one of two players at this table to do so), received $60,349 for ninth place.
Billy Duarte, who has been playing poker for 60 years and made several final tables at major tournaments in recent years, was the next player to exit. Duarte arrived as the low stack and went out on the tenth hand of play holding ace-eight suited. His opponent had king-jack suited and flopped a jack. Duarte locked up eighth place, which paid $71,845.
Michael Chow followed next with pocket nines, which lost to pocket jacks. Chow, 230th in the main event last year (out of 5,619 entries), took seventh place. The Hawaiian said “aloha” and pocketed $83,340.
Robert Bright went out in sixth place with pocket fours, which were steamrolled by a straight. Bright, the CEO of a stock trading firm, cashed out for $94,835 in prize money.
Robert Dylan Cohen was the next player to exit. The New York actor and comedian turned poker player was low on chips and lost his final hand with jack-ten versus pocket queens. Cohen had to settle for fifth place, which paid $112,077.
A few hands later, Troy Parkins made a very bold move with an all-in bet on a straight draw. Jeff Madsen made a tough call holding top pair. When Parkins missed his draw, it meant a fourth-place finish. Parkins, an information technology specialist from Leesburg, Virginia collected $132,194.
Julian Gardner hoped to become the third main event runner-up to win a gold bracelet this year. So far, Sammy Farha (2003) and David Williams (2004) have won events. Gardner finished second in 2002 to world champion Robert Varkonyi (earning $1.1 million). This time he could do no better than third place. On his final hand, Gardner had top pair but lost to Jeff Madsen’s spade flush. Gardner, one of England’s top poker players, received $172,427 in prize money.
When heads-up play began, Jeff Madsen enjoyed a slightly better than 2 to 1 chip lead versus Paul Sheng. It didn’t take long for the final hand of the tournament to come. Madsen had jack-seven versus Sheng’s ace-seven. Madsen’s hand was completely dominated, normally a bad situation. But all the chips went into the pot on the turn when the board showed 10-9-8-6. Both players had a seven, good for a straight. However, Madsen also had a jack, which meant a higher straight. It was a brutal way for Sheng to lose, but there was not much defense against a higher straight.
As the runner up, Paul Sheng received $330,485. The Taiwanese-born software executive, who now lives in San Francisco, had his best showing ever at the WSOP. This is Sheng’s third year to play on poker’s biggest stage and certainly won’t be his last.
Following his win, Jeff Madsen demonstrated why he has been so successful in poker at such a young age. Madsen displayed none of the bravado that one might expect from someone who had just won $660,948 at the World Series. Remarkably, this was Madsen’s second big cash at this year’s WSOP. He also finished third in the Omaha High-Low championship held two weeks ago – good for $97,552.
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 Dalla
Overall Tournament Statistics (through end of Event #22)
Total Entries to Date: 21,148
Total Prize Money Distributed: $ 44,399,912
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World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack
Director, Sponsorship and Licensing -- Ty Stewart
Director, Communications and Operations – Gary Thompson
Director, Broadcasting and New Media – Craig Abrahams
Vice President of Specialty Gaming -- Howard Greenbaum
WSOP Tournament Director – Robert Daily
WSOP Tournament Director / Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
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