Jeffrey Lisandro win 2009 WSOP Event 16

One of poker’s most recognized players Jeffrey Lisandro added a second career WSOP bracelet to his trophy case last night by winning 2009 WSOP Event 16 – $1,500 buy-in 7 Card Stud. With this victory he improves his career poker resume to 27 WSOP cashes, 10 final table appearances and $3.3 million in career earnings ($1.9 million WSOP) and 2 WSOP bracelets.

Lisandro also gains ground in the numerous WSOP prop bets he’s made for amounts considerably higher than the size of his victory last night. One such prop bet is a Team Lisandro/Barry Greenstein vs. Team Daniel Negreanu/Erick Lindgren bet on which team earns the most player-of-year-points (POTY).

2009 WSOP Event 16 Final Table Coverage

When this event started a couple days earlier there were 359 entrants putting up the $1,500 buy-in. At the end of day two an official final table of eight players was reached who all returned today to play for the coveted WSOP bracelet and $124,975 top place prize.

Several players at this final table had impressive WSOP 7 Card Stud resumes including John Juanda (four WSOP bracelets, including one in seven-card stud in 2003), Rod Pardey (two bracelets, both in seven-card stud), Jeffrey Lisandro (2007 WSOP bracelet winner in Stud), and Nick Frangos (runner-up in a 2007 WSOP stud event). Rod Pardey was joined at the final table by a family member, his nephew Eric Pardey, a poker dealer from Washington who had also reached the final table in this event.

At 2:02PM local time cards where in the air, and 34 minutes later the final table had its first casualty. On this hand the boards at showdown were Nick Frangos (X) (X) Qc Ad 4c 8h (X), John Juanda (X) (X) 6h Qc 3d 4c (X) and Mitch Schock (X) (X) 7c Ah 5s (?) (X). Action starter with Daniel Studer completing on third street, Frangos rasing, Juanda re-rasing and Mich Schock calling all in. On 4th street Frangos checked, Juanda bet, and Frangos called. On fifth Frangos check then called all in after Juanda bet. Frangos turned up QQ for buried queens and caught another on 6th for trips, which topped Juanda’s buried tens. Mitch Schock mucked his hand and headed to the rail in eighth place worth $13,373.

Forty minutes later Daniel Studler would join Mitch Schock on the rail. On this hand the final board read: Juanda (X) (X) 4s Qs Tc 5h (X) Rod Pardey (X) (X) 9d 4h 8d Ad (X) and Daniel Studer (X) (X) 6h 7c Kh 3c (X). With the pot three ways on fifth, Studler led out and both players called. On sixth, Pardey had caught an Ace to make high board and he bet out, Studler called all in, and Juanda called as well. On 7th Pardey check called a bet from Juanda who turned up 5s 9s 8s for a flush which bested Pardey Ah 7h Kc for Aces up. This pot put Juanda in the chip lead with over 500K chips and sent Daniel Studler out in seventh to collect $15,862.

Eric Padey got all his money in on fifth-street with a board of 8d Ts Qh against Lisandro who had a board of 2d 6s Jh. Lisandro was well behind in the hand with just a pair of deuces to Pardey’s pair of eights, but a jack on sixth gave Lisandro the lead. With no help on the river Eric Pardey was to the rail in sixth collecting $19,960 while leaving it up to Uncle Rod to try and claim a bracelet for the family.

John Juanda was doing battle with Steven Stencil and on sixth-street the boards were: John Juanda Qc 3h 8s 6s and Steven Stencil Td 7c 2c Th. Juanda was almost all in when Stencil hit the pair of tens on sixth. “Oh, that is the one card I didn’t want to see,” quipped Juanda. “OK, raise it up,” he said, committing the last of his chips. Stencil called. “Do you have three tens?” asked Juanda. Stencil had an even better hand, revealing T-5-5 for a full house. Juanda flashed Q-8-5 for queens up before exiting in fifth place to collect $25,634.

Next out was Nick Frangos who go into a raising war with Lisandro on forth holding a split pair. He did improve to two pair on the river but showing (5d 4s) 4h Qh 2d 9c (5s) was eliminated by Lisandro who showed (7h 3s) Qd Ac Jc 7c (3h) for a higher two pair. Frangos received $34,087 for his forth place finish.

Steven Stencil lost two pots in a row to Lisandro which left him short stacked. On the very next hand he’d get all his money in on sixth with a board of 5h As 9c Jh against Rod Parey’s 3h Js 9h Ah and mucked when Pardey showed him the flush. Stencil collected $50,626 for his third place finish.

When heads up play began Lisandro had more than a 3-to-1 chip lead and needed just under 40 minutes to finish off his 64-year-old opponent who David Sklansky once referred to as the best 7 Card Stud Player in the world. This player, Rod Pardey, collected $77,230 for his runner up finish, while Lisandro pocketed $124,959 and the WSOP bracelet.

Also worth noting is this final table was the shortest of the 2009 WSOP so far, lasting under three and a half hours.