Lisandro has made a reputation for himself and is commonly referred to as a cash game specialist. He is also a familiar face on the poker tournament circuit. He is known for being one of the greatest seven card stud poker players throughout the world. At the 2009 WSOP he won a title in Stud High-Low, Stud High, and Razz. This made him the first person to win a title in all three of the disciplines in the same year. This was quite a feat for one player to accomplish.

It was 1997 when Lisandro made his first appearance at the final table in a WSOP. Since that time, he has won himself four bracelets and a great reputation amongst poker players worldwide. He won the first bracelet in 2007 after taking down the $1,500 seven-card stud event. As of the year 2009, Lisandro has earned a total of more than 4 million dollars in live tournament wins. He also won the WSOP Poker player of the Year award in 2009. This is quite an honor for a poker player to receive.

Although he has four WSOP bracelets, for many, Lisandro is well known for an incident that happened at the 2006 World Series of Poker. During the event, fellow poker pro Prahlad Friedman accused Lisandro of not anteing and subsequently accused him of stealing. He thought that another player had anted twice. Lisandro took offence to this an threatened to “knock his block off.” Cooler heads prevailed, and it was later revealed that Lisandro had indeed anted. Friedman never apologized for his insult, prompting fellow pro Todd Brunson to state in a future Cardplayer Magazine article that he would have knocked Friedman’s block off.

If you are wondering what Lisandro likes to do in his spare time, the answer is poker. He can be found playing online poker at the very popular and highly respected online poker site, PokerStars. Playing online poker is something that a lot of poker players do in their spare time. Some of them do it to pass time playing a game they love, and others do it to keep their game sharp. No matter why Lisandro chooses to do it, he is amongst a great group of players at PokerStars.

Some common trivia about Lisandro is that he is also known to chew gum while he is at the table. It is said that he does this as a way of reducing tells. He also owns some property in Santa Barbara, California. He is also known for coming off a bit cold and calculating while he is at the table, this fact has earned him the nickname of the Iceman. Before he became a full time poker player, he was actually a real estate investor. He has lived in a total of three different countries. These countries include Australia (his birthplace), Italy, and the United States of America. If there is one poker player to keep your eye on, it would be Lisandro. He has made quite the reputation for himself and he continues to show the poker world how he got that reputation and that he is more than able to live up to it.

Lisandro eventually moved towards tournament play and had several final table finishes overseas. His first big win wasn’t until 2003 when he won the $1,500 Pot Limit Holdem event at the World Poker Classic. This earned him $122,217. He then went on to have a great 2004 starting with the World Series of Poker. He cashed five times, including 3 final tables. He finished in 3rd in both the $2,000 Pot Limit Omaha event and in the $5,000 Stud World Championship. He would then round out the year winning the $25,000 Main Event of the Heads-Up Limit Event in Las Vegas. He outlasted Howard Lederer to win the $542,360 top prize.

One of Lisandro’s largest cashes came when he won the Circuit Event Championship at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe in 2005. He outlasted Phil Ivey heads up to win the $542,360 prize and the gold championship ring. Lisandro stated that he felt this was one of his biggest accomplishments as he considered Ivey to be one of the best players in the world.

Controversy surrounded Lisandro during the 2006 Main Event. At one point Prahlad Friedman had stated that Lisandro had not anted before a hand and effectively stole the ante from another player. Lisandro vehemently disagreed and eventually they had to go to the tape to resolve the dispute. The argument between the two got heated and Lisandro event threatened to knock Friedman’s head off. Lisandro would get the last laugh, placing higher than Friedman when he finished 17th and won $659,730.

Whether it was Karma or just Lisandro’s time to shine, 2007 would prove to be Lisandro’s best year at the World Series of Poker. He would cash six times at the WSOP, finishing 2nd in the $5,000 Pot Limit Holdem World Championship and winning his first WSOP bracelet by winning the $2,000 Seven Card Stud event. The best part about Lisandro’s win was that in Seven Card Stud, you must ante before each and every hand before the beginning of the game. Lisandro would finish 2nd in the Player of Year race that year behind Tom Schneider. By the way, for those interested, Prahlad Friedman has not cashed in an event anywhere in the world since accusing Lisandro of cheating.

Lisandro has had a good 2008 as well, finishing 4th in the $100,000 No Limit event at Aussie Millions and cashing 3 times at the World Series of Poker. He finished 2nd in the $5,000 2-7 Lowball event behind Mike Matusow. Lisandro also finished 7th in the H.O.R.S.E. event at the World Series of Poker Europe.

For his career, Jeff Lisandro has won over $3.198 Million in live tournaments. He I known as “The Iceman” at the table due to his ability to play with ease with any of the top players in the world. Jeff Lisandro has both the nerve and ability to make it big in poker anywhere in the world. He is a proven champion that brings honesty and integrity to the table. It should be interesting to see how many more titles he can take down over the next few years.