Jeff Madsen had quite a coming-out party at the World Series of Poker two years ago, where he made four final tables and won two bracelets, which led to him being crowned 2006 WSOP Player of the Year. At the time he was a film student at the University of California, Santa Barbara and had taken out a loan from his parents to play a few events. At the time of his first bracelet win, he was the youngest WSOP bracelet winner in history, though that record has since been broken by both Steve Billirakis and Annette Obrestad. This is Madsen's eighth WSOP cash and his fifth final table.