M@D@M@D@D@ne's Heads Up Poker Player Profile

Welcome to the heads up sit and go page for M@D@M@D@D@ne. Here you can find information about the popular poker playing and staking professional, sourced straight from the player himself.

(above) Turbo Charged - M@D@'s turbo speed results on PokerStars.

Early

M@D@M@D@D@ne started playing poker at the age of 18 under the former account name l[Ja_Cks]l. Very few people know, but he had his first success in $50 hu sngs back in 2006 when he played under the alias l[Ja_Cks]l. He however, was still maturing and it took the better part of 2 years before he figured out how best to optimize his time and profit in poker. So in the beginning of 2008, the now M@D@M@D@D@ne began to play $100 hu sngs and never looked back.

Reg Wars

Playing as long as he has inspires some interesting "reg" stories. "The one that stands out most in my mind involves livb112/Adonis112," says M@D@. "A few months after livb112 had started playing on stars he asked a mutual friend of ours if he could have my aim. Having been virtually abused multiple times prior on the virtual felt I denied the request." He continues, "Not too long later Adonis112/livb112 started hunting me, even in regular speed hu sngs that he normally never played. He even declared explicitly that he was sitting me out of spite for not giving him his aim," he said.

But it didn't last forever. "He stopped doing this eventually and didn't hurt me too much, I am up about $30,000 lifetime on him," said M@D@. He continues, "All in all I think Adonis112/livb112 is a nice guy with a good heart. He just has a fragile ego and lets his tilt get the better off him a lot of the time. We can still be caught playing each other time to time, although without the verbal abuse now that livb112 has made a conscious effort to no longer chat."

Business and Poker

M@D@M@D@D@ne has done many things over the past few years to make money, most of which involve poker. In his HUSNG.com interview, he talks about his staking experience and advice. A lesser known fact about him is the T$ site he orginally started in 2008 named psswap.com. M@D@M@D@D@ne initially decided to start a then T$/W$ site to try and buy a bunch of T$ at less than 100% and use it to buy into tournaments with. He found out not too long after creating the site that W$ actually had much better margins for profit.

He also owns a few dozen other websites he splits with a partner. M@DAM@D@D@ne has also ventured into booking sports and loan sharking.

Life and Present

M@D@M@D@D@ne was born in Los Angeles, California in 1988. He loves the weather, convenience, and people. He is a very big fan of American sports and entertainment. M@D@M@D@D@ne has lived in Hong Kong since April 2011 to continue effectively funding his staking operation. He has also come out of retirement from the heads up sng tables to try to recoup some staking losses he incurred due to black friday.

Known Screen Names

M@D@M@D@D@ne on PokerStars, MadaMadaDane on Full Tilt.