Lisandro wins his 3rd bracelet of 2009!

This is just a copy of the frontpage newspost, just to keep the blog complete

For most people, poker is played with just 2 cards in the hand, and 5 community cards on the table. Jeff Lisandro however, prefers to have 7 of his own. One could call him "The Master of Stud" because yes, he's done it again! His 4th final table of this year, all in 7-card-variants, and his 3rd bracelet is in the pocket.

This time, it was the $2,500 Seven Card Razz that became his prey. Starting the final day with 13 players, Lisandro was already the chipleader. One of his opponents was also able to write history. Ville Wahlbeck could become the 4th player to win 2 bracelets (after Brock Parker, Ivey and of course Lisandro) and he had an impressive WSOP so far. Finishing 3rd in the 10k Seven Card Stud event, 1st in the 10k Mixed Event and 2nd in the 10k 2-7 Draw Lowball, Wahlbeck was destined to make another final table one would say. However, this time, it wasn't meant to be. Being knocked out in 12th place by Kenna James, it was up to Lisandro to write the history. And that was exactly what he did. He dominated the final table, his chiplead was never in danger and he knocked out the final 4 of his 7 opponents at the final table. The heads-up against Michael Craig, who made his 3rd final table, was incredibly short as Lisandro started with a 10:1 chiplead. The T-low hand Lisandro made was enough to beat Craig's K-low and it was more than enough to earn his 3rd bracelet, and one of the most impressive performances we've ever seen on the WSOP! He earns $188,370 for his performance.

With winning this bracelet he became the very first player to win 3 Stud-events in one year, and even more impressive is that he won them in each discipline of stud: Stud high, Stud 8 or better (Hi/Lo) and 7 card Razz (which is the Stud version of Razz). He also became the 4th player to win 3 bracelets in one year, after Ted Forrest and Phil Hellmuth in 1993 and Phil Ivey in 2002. An incredible performance!

Final results:

1. Jeffrey Lisandro $188,370
2. Michael Craig $116,405
3. Ryan Fisler $76,260
4. Warwick Mirzikinian $52,772
5. Eric Rodawig $38,470
6. Kenna James $29,472
7. Steve Diano $23,669
8. Allen Bari $19,880

There was one other event ending today. The Seniors event, for those of you who care (hello grandpa?), was won by Michael Davis.

By Pindarots