Full Tilt Poker Pro Jeff Madsen Wins Over $625K Top Prize At The 2010 Borgata Winter Poker Open In Dublin, Ireland.

Full Tilt Poker pro player Jeff Madsen wins the 2010 Borgata Winter Poker Open tournament, banking over $625,000 for the victory. With this score, Madsen has now earned more than $3 million playing live poker tournaments throughout the world.

The 2010 Borgata Winter Poker Open attracted a total of 766 players for its $3,500 buy-in Main Event, creating a prize pool worth more than $2.5 million. Taking place in Atlantic City, this annual winter tradition is a staple for East Coast players, along with top poker professionals such as Full Tilt Poker pros Gavin Smith, Bill Gazes, Roy Winston and Steve Brecher.

Madsen cruised through the opening days of the tournament, including ending the second day of play as the overall chip leader. Entering the 10-handed final table with more than 3 million in chips, Jeff Madsen was in prime position to take down the tournament.

The pivotal moment of the final table came when play was seven-handed. Madsen, holding Ah-Kh, pushed all in pre-flop and was called by an opponent with pocket Kings. The board ran out 4h-Qc-9d-3h-Qh, giving Madsen the nut flush and propelling him to the top of the chip count.

There was no looking back for Madsen after that hand. He went on to dominate the remaining action, knocking out four of the final six players. Nearly even in chips with his opponent at the start of heads-up play, Madsen wore him down over time and took a 2-to-1 chip lead. The final hand came when Madsen's K-10 held up versus his opponent's Q-2, sealing the victory for one of poker's best young players.

The 24-year-old Madsen has now earned more than $3 million during his short poker career. Madsen exploded onto the poker scene during the 2006 World Series of Poker, becoming the youngest player to win two bracelets during in the same year - a record which still stands to this day.

Jeff was born in Santa Monica, CA. He lived in his childhood home until he moved to Santa Barbara to attend the University of California. At the 2006 WSOP, Jeff Madsen started out placing third in the Omaha Hi/Lo split event. Eleven days later, Jeff went all in with J-7 in the No-Limit Hold 'em event and beat out Paul Sheng to win his first WSOP. This made him the youngest winner in WSOP History at that time.

Between 2007 and 2009, Jeff grinded out the tournament circuit, racking up regular cash prizes. His most noteworthy results included finishing 8th in the $9,600 WPT Championship Event at Bay 101 Shooting Stars, San Jose, in 2007. He also took home a total of over $220K from the 2009 LA Poker Classic.