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37th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #22 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em

July 14, 2006 at 12:00 PM
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$2,000
Prize Pool	$2,873,780
Entries	1579
Report Available

Jeff Madsen

Place	Name	Prize
1	Jeff Madsen (Los Angeles, CA, 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" (Pensacola, FL, 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 (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 (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 (Henderson, 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 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 (Winnsboro, SC, 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 (Gilbert, AZ, 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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