Every morning for the last few weeks, I've opened my computer and logged on to Cardplayer.com to check what happened the night before at the 40th WSOP. This summer, I have seen a lot of pretty incredible stuff that hasnt happened in the last 6 years since the Moneymaker boom, when fields got drastically larger. Frankie O'Dell won the same event (Omaha/8) that he did the year before, and finished runner up the year before that. Phil Ivey (aka God incarnate) took down two bracelets. Brock Parker took down two events within one week of each other in No Limit and Limit Hold'em. Ville Wahlbeck has dominated all 10k events in a variety of different games. Those are just a couple of examples of incredible feats that occurred at this years WSOP, but this morning I logged in to see Jeff Lisandro do something that topped them all.
Lisandro did win a stud bracelet in 2007, at a final table that was televised an included Nick Frangos and Daniel Negreanu, but most poker fans know Jeff Lisandro from his appearance in the 2006 Main Event (Jamie Gold's year). He is most known for a confrontation with fellow poker pro Prahlad Freeman. For those who don't remember, late in the Main Event, Lisandro and Freeman were seated at the feature table. Before a random hand, the dealer noticed that an ante had not been paid. Everyone at the table said they were sure they had paid their ante. Prahlad then stated that he believed it was Lisandro that had forgotten, but Lisandro disagreed. Rather then letting the issue pass, Freeman kept stating his belief that Lisandro tried to shortchange the pot by not paying his ante. Lisandro was understandably upset at being called a cheater and became visibly enraged at Freeman, and had to be restrained. After reviewing the tape, it was determined that it was not Lisandro who forgot to pay his blind, but another player that absent-mindedly did not pay.
Although many people know Lisandro as the hot headed Australian from 2007, he has shown that he is a damn good poker player. Jeff Lisandro has won three bracelets in this year alone, an incredible feat in and of itself, but what is more impressive is which games he's won them in. Lisandro won a bracelet in stud hi, stud hi/low and razz. All stud games, all limit and all games I am bad at. To me, Jeffrey Lisandro proved himself to be the BEST stud player in the world (stud meaning all 7 card games) without question. Obviously, the games are similar, but in my experience playing them, they all require different skills and reading abilities, making this feat even more impressive. This WSOP has been historic, but Jeffrey Lisandro's accomplishments this year will be recorded in poker annals for generations to come.
On a completely different note, I got my monitor today and will likely have it set up by the weekend for some multitabling fun :). Look for me to be playing a bunch in the coming weeks.
Good Luck everyone!
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