Jeff Madsen is known as many things these days. He caused quite a stir when he introduced himself to the poker world by winning Player of the Year at the World Series of Poker. Sure he was but 21, but it was obvious he had been playing some poker elsewhere even if it was not live. Online poker? It’s safe to assume. The Wunderkind acted like he had a way to look at the hole cards of his opponents. His relentless pressure and his healty dose of run good made him a feared opponent. He also got some attention for not being afraid of any prop bet even if it meant dressing up like a fool at a later Main Event.

Madsen has also dabbled as a rapper. Vanilla Ice he is not. Snow he is not. Eminem he is most definitely not. As far as poker rappers go, and there may only be a handful of those in the world he’s not exactly the best at that either. Then there are his conspiracy theories. Some people are best served by not talking much. Madsen is quite adept at that at the table, letting his game do all the talking, but away from it he’s still learning.

Course, one other notable thing about Madsen since he broke onto the scene is he known for everything but poker. His poker resume has suffered and he has yet to repeat his dominating introductory performances. Clearly, he is a kid with a lot of talent, clearly he got a lot of accolades and accomplishments early in his career, but what isn’t clear is if he’s got his head screwed on straight again. We certainly hope so. Poker is littered with players, online and live that get on a heater post some great results then retire to the land of broke and busted.

Well, Madsen gave notice that he’s still playing and playing well. He won the 2010 Borgata Winter Open Championship. He brought the wood to over 766 players who gave it a shot in the $3,300 Championship event. Borgata lost some numbers from last year by almost 25%. Yes, they had over 1,000 players last year. Entering a lot of tournaments without a score can be gruesome. Fortunately for Madsen he has at least 62 more big buy in tournaments thanks to winning a little over $625k.

The victory made it third major live tournament victory for Madsen’s career. Here are the final table finishing order and payouts:

1. Jeff Madsen, $625,006
2. Sirous Jamshidi, $367,794
3. Tom Marchese, $190,027
4. Barkley Hamilton, $165,508
5. Nick Kamen, $140,988
6. Al Grimes, $116,468
7. Dave Fox, $91,949
8. Ross Mallor, $67,429
9. Chan Pelton, $49,039
10. Matt Matros, $31,876

Considering the roller coaster he’s been on, it’s easy to forget just how young he still is and now he has over $3 million dollars live cashes. Madsen’s first world series will always be his most memorable. Want to guess where his other two victories come from? Well, if you were paying attention we already told you.

In 2006, Madsen won World Series of Poker bracelets in 2006 for the $2,000 No Limit Hold’Em and $5,000 Short Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em events. In the $2,000 Limit Omaha Hi/LO event he also pulled down a third place finish.

Surely, in that first year despite felling bulletproof Madsen garnered more than his fair share of good luck. In Borgata, he had a little of that too. One memorable pot had him running daown the better hand of Al Grimes. After some raises and reraises, with the two of them deep stacked, they finally got it in. Madsen’s AK suited needed help as he faced the pocket kings of Grimes. Five cards later and Madsen rivered a flush and Grimes chip stack was down to fumes.

After the suckout which needed runner-runner, Madsen was on a fast pace to taste glory again. He got it shortly thereafter.