- Jeff Lisandro
infobox poker player
firstname=Jeff
lastname=Lisandro
nickname=Iceman
caption=Lisandro after winning the $2,000 seven-card stud event at the2007 World Series of Poker
hometown=Salerno, Italy
wsop bracelet count=1
wsop money finishes=24
wsop main event best finish rank=17th
wsop main event best finish year=2006
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles="None"
wpt final tables=0
wpt money finishes=1
ept titles="None"
ept final tables=1
ept money finishes=1Jeffrey Lisandro (born in Perth) is an
Australia n professionalpoker player, now residing inSalerno ,Italy .Lisandro is known by many to be a cash game specialist, but is a well-known face on the
poker tournament circuit.His mother taught him how to play poker at the age of five.
Lisandro made his first final table appearance in a
World Series of Poker event in 1997, in the $3,000 pot limithold'em event won by Phil Hellmuth Jr. He has made four WSOP final tables since then, in Omaha,seven card stud and 2 to 7 lowball events.Lisandro has not yet made a final table on the
World Poker Tour (WPT), but has finished in the money in one event.In December 2004, Lisandro won the $25,000 limit hold'em heads-up tournament, defeating
Howard Lederer in the final to take home the $194,000 grand prize.In May 2005, he won the $10,000 no limit hold'em World Series of Poker circuit event at
Lake Tahoe , defeatingPhil Ivey in the final heads-up confrontation to win the $542,360 prize. Lisandro has said that he considers this to be one of his greatest achievements, as he rates Ivey to be one of the best players in the world.Lisandro finished 17th in the
2006 World Series of Poker main event, winning $659,730. He was also noted for an incident withPrahlad Friedman during the event, where Friedman felt that Lisandro had not put in his ante, worth 5,000 chips, in a hand. (In posting one of the blinds, a third player at the table forgot to put in "his" ante; the dealer corrected his mistake.) Friedman brought it up constantly through the hand, with the dealer telling him to stop bringing it up. Friedman would not stop, and called Lisandro a "thief". Lisandro was very upset to hear that, and argued with Friedman, telling him he would "knock his head off". Friedman tried to settle things with Lisandro afterwards during play, but Lisandro refused to talk to him. However, their attempt to reconcile did have one light moment after a player at their table, after learning that Lisandro was from Italy, told Jeff that his wife was also from Italy and that he and his wife planned to travel there to visit her parents. Lisandro asked him, "Can you take him (Friedman) with you?"He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2007 in the $2,000
Seven-Card Stud event beating a final table that includedDaniel Negreanu andNick Frangos .Lisandro plays online at
PokerStars and is a good friend ofJean-Robert Bellande . He is known for chewing gum at the poker table to reduce tells.As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,100,000. [ [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=311 Hendon Mob tournament results] ]
He placed 2nd in the World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em (Event 13) in 2007. He won $294,620 as the runner-up to
Allen Cunningham .In addition to his residence in Salerno, he also owns a property in Santa Barbara,
California .References
External links
* [http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/9079 cardplayer.com Jeffrey Lisandro Wins His First Bracelet]
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