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For a pair of players at the World Series of Poker, their first final table was a lucky one. [1]
Two years after he won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in a stud event, Lisandro did it again, taking down Event No. 16, a $1,500 seven-card stud tourney (final table pictured at right). [2]
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Event No. 12 played down to 20 players from its original 194, and there are some big names left. [1]
The relatively small field of 259 players produced a first prize of just $124K, but Lisandro did join an elite club of multiple-time bracelet winners. [2]
Harrah’s had problems with a lack of security for patrons, dealer walk-outs over short paychecks, changing tournament structures without notifying the players, penalizing players for complaining after discovering old marked decks in play and then failing to take the marked cards off the tables. [3]
Event No. 10, a $2.5K pot-limit hold’em/Omaha tourney, also wrapped up early Saturday. [1]
John Juanda, the other previous winner at the final table, finished in fifth place. [2]
Daniel Negreanu (born July 26, 1974) is a Canadian professional poker player with four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles, and who won the poker Player of the Year award for 2004. [6]
Jamie Gold knocked out 7 of the other 8 players at the final table on his way to victory. [3]
It’s safe to say that Jeff Lisandro is pretty good at seven-card stud. [2]
Over the next few years, he became one of the most successful poker tournament players, winning two World Poker Tour (WPT) events, another three World Series bracelets, and appearing at 12 final tables. [6]
The tournament had been full of big name pros — including Hevad Khan (11th place). [1]
Sources:
[1] WSOP Update: Two Win First Bracelets
[2] WSOP Update: Lisandro Wins Second Bracelet
[3] Pokulator: Online Poker Odds Calculator - 2006 WSOP Updates
[4] 2009 World Series of Poker - LIVE and In-Depth 2009 WSOP Coverage
[5] WSOP - World Series of Poker at PokerNews.com | PokerNews.com
[6] Daniel Negreanu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia