WSOP 2009. Info, Chip Counts, & & stuff. Feed your wild side.

[Royal Flush]

So sick, i put my hometown down as "HelloTikay" and they dont even put it in, rigged.

[doubleup]

84   Iwaniak, Linda   $3,128   Berksire   United Kingdom


   

I suppose "Berksire" is better than the "Reading, Berkshite" once used by a large insurance company...

[Nem]

So sick, i put my hometown down as "HelloTikay" and they dont even put it in, rigged.

gl sir

[nirvana]

Love to see you win this - gl james

[George2Loose]

Sick achievement by Lisandro- 3 bracelets at 7 card stud disciplines. Wow

[George2Loose]

Kabbaj big CL in PLHE 10k championship. Double 2nd with 20 odd left

[George2Loose]

May as well post whilst I'm on a roll.

Are off the record deals commonplace on finals? On breaks of course

[tikay]

Up & running nice & early today.

An absolutely stunning achievement by Jeff, but not, one assumes, entirely to Harrah's liking - no Interviews or "Winners Cerermony". He's a "bad" winner for them.



   2009 World Series of Poker            
   Final Results            
   Event #   44         
   Buy In   $2,500         
   Date   Seven Card Razz         
   Game   23-Jun-09         
   Number of Entries   315         
   Net Prize Pool   $724,500         
   First Place Prize   $188,390          
   Players to Cash   32         

   In the Money Finishers:            
               
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country   
1   Lisandro, Jeffrey   $188,390   Salerno   Italy   
2   Craig, Michael   $116,405   Scottsdale   AZ   
3   Fisler, Ryan   $76,260   Waterloo   ON, Canada   
4   Mirzikinian, Warwick    $52,772   Mosman   UK
5   Rodawig, Eric   $38,470   Arlington   VA   
6   James, Kenna   $29,472   Las Vegas   NV   
7   Diano, Steve    $23,669   Las Vegas   NV   
8   Bari, Allen   $19,880   West Orange    NJ   
9   Zewin, Don   $15,569   Las Vegas   NV   
10   Barbieri, Al    $15,569   Long Beach   CA   
11   Cole, Bill    $12,736   Marietta   GA   
12   Wahlbeck,Ville   $12,736   Helsinki   Finland   
13   Evdakov, Nikolay   $10,106   Moscow   Russia   
14   Houston, H.G.   $10,106   Henderson    NV   
15   Pappas, Greg   $7,860   Las Vegas   NV   
16   Trail, Travis   $7,860   Marysville   WA   
17   Michael, Joseph   $6,085   Austin   TX   
18   Tehan, Joe   $6,085   Las Vegas   NV   
19   Alston, Greg   $6,085   Danville   CA   
20   Hawrilenko, Matt   $6,085   Philadelphia   PA   
21   Vuong, Alexandra   $6,085   Ranchos Palos Verdes    CA   
22   Affleck, Mathew   $6,085   Mill Creek   WA   
23   Longson, Lionel    $6,085         
24   Chen, Yan   $6,085   Irvine   CA   
25   Jurgens, Tad   $4,745   Tempe   AZ   
26   Morrella, Richard   $4,745   San Jose   CA   
27   Kinney, Michael   $4,745   Sanpoint    ID   
28   Chiu, David   $4,745   Rowland Heights   CA   
29   Sklansky, David   $4,745   Las Vegas   NV   
30   Ravitch, Serge   $4,745   Astoria   NY   
31   Baxter, Michael   $4,745   Pacific Palisades   CA   
32   Vartzar, Romik   $4,745   Glendale   CA   

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The Hat-Trick man with his trademark hat.

I doff my cap to this guy - it's breathtaking to scoop 3 WSOP bangles in a single month. He has to be the player of the Year, by most yarrdsticks.

[tikay]

Official Report 

Event #44

Seven-Card Razz

Buy-In:  $2,500

Number of Entries:  315

Total Net Prize Pool:  $724,500

Number of Places Paid:  32

First Place Prize:  $188,390

June 22-24, 2009

 

 

Tournament Highlights:

 

Event Headlines –

 

1.  Jeffrey Lisandro Wins Fourth WSOP Gold Bracelet – His Third Victory This Year

 

2.  Lisandro Becomes Only Fifth Player in WSOP History to Win Three Gold Bracelets within a Single Year

 

3.  Lisandro Decimates Final Table in Near-Record Time

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The Champion --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in Seven-Card Razz champion is Jeffrey Lisandro, from Salerno, Italy.

 

·        Lisandro was born in Perth, Australia.  However, he has lived in three different countries – Australia, Italy, and the United States.  Lisandro owns a home in Santa Barbara, CA – but still calls Salerno, Italy his home.

 

·        At Lisandro’s request, Australia will be credited with this victory in international standings.  
 

·        Prior to playing poker full-time, Lisandro was a real estate investor.

 

·        Lisandro’s fashion trademark is a black fedora, which he commonly wears at the poker table.  He is also known to wear stylish Versace shirts.

 

·        Lisandro’s poker nickname is “The Iceman,” given to him for his seemingly cold and calculating disposition while playing.

 

·        Lisadro is a top high-stakes cash game player.  He also plays in most of the world most prestigious poker tournaments.

 

·        Prior to winning his first gold bracelet in 2007, Lisandro was near the top of everyone’s list of “best players never to have won a gold bracelet.”  He now owns four titles.

 

·        Lisandro further sealed his reputation as one of the world’s top Seven-Card Stud players.  He won his first gold bracelet two years ago playing Seven-Card Stud.  Then, he finished ninth in this year’s ($10,000 buy-in) Seven-Card Stud World Championship, which concluded two weeks ago.  Next, he won the Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split championship four days ago.  Finally, he has now won the Seven-Card Razz championship.

 

·        Lisandro is already the official 2009 “Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split World Champion.”  He is now the “Seven-Card Razz World Champion,” as well.

 

·        Lisandro has now cashed six times at this year’s WSOP.

 

·        According to official records, Lisandro now has 4 wins, 12 final table appearances, and 31 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP, with his first cash coming back in 1997.  He also holds a WSOP Circuit championship (gold ring) won at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe in 2005.

 

·        Two of Lisandro’s four victories have been televised by ESPN.  His win at Lake Tahoe in 2005 and his first WSOP gold bracelet win in Las Vegas in 2007 were both shown on television.

 

·        Lisandro collected $188,390 for first place.  He was also awarded his fourth WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        Lisandro’s combined WSOP earnings now total $2,578,137.  This currently ranks 35th on the all-time list, one spot ahead of Chris Moneymaker.

 

·        Lisandro won the biggest cash prize for any Razz event in poker history.  

 

·        Following his win, Lisandro departed the tournament are quickly.  He explained that he was both tired and hungry, which is understandable.  Lisandro is believed to have played more hours than any player at this year’s WSOP.  He has put in many 14-hour days.  Lisandro stated he has yet to have more than six hours of sleep on any night thus far, now four weeks into the WSOP.

 

·        Lisandro stated that he plans to play in tomorrow’s event, which is Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low.

 

·        After collecting his prize money, Lisandro dined out with a few close friends at Rao’s, an upscale Italian restaurant at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.  

·        Lisandro stated that he is very much aware of the historical implications of this third victory in 2009.  He said he intends to play as many events as possible in order to set a new record for most wins in a single year.  Furthermore, Lisandro is actually thinking about five wins, in order to set a mark that is unlikely ever to be surpassed.

 

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This man I like.

Winners quotes.

"I feel good".

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More on Jeffrey Lisandro’s Win (Historical Implications) --

 

·        Lisandro became only the fifth player in WSOP history to win three gold bracelets within a single year.  The other four players to accomplish this feat were:

 

Puggy Pearson (1973)

Ted Forrest (1993)

Phil Hellmuth (1993)

Phil Ivey (2002)

 

·        Lisandro has a reasonable chance to become the first-ever four-time gold bracelet winner (single year) in WSOP history.  The closest any player has ever come to accomplishing this feat was Phil Hellmuth in 1993 when he finished 1st, 1st, 1st, and 2nd in four events.  Lisandro still has 14 more events to set a new record -- with 10 gold bracelets remaining on this year’s schedule in Las Vegas, plus four more events in WSOP-Europe to be played in September.

 

·        Lisandro’s accomplishment versus other great players will be debated by both poker fans and historians.  There were clearly more events for Lisandro to enter this year (61 total), more than any other year, to date.  Contrast the number of tournaments in 2009 with significantly less events played in 1973, 1993, and 2002 (the years other players set their records).  In Lisandro’s defense, he had to overcome much larger field sizes in his three wins.

 

·        Based purely on the number of events in a year, Puggy Pearson’s three wins in 1973 stands as a record that will probably never be equaled.  He won half of the events played that year (3 out of 6).

 

·        Based on field sizes, Lisandro’s three wins is clearly the most impressive of the five players who now share the record.  He defeated a total of 835 players (combined) in his three gold bracelet wins.   Contrast this with Phil Ivey in 2002, who defeated 529 players during his gold bracelet trifecta.

 

·        Lisandro’s victory places him with the Stud all-time great Artie Cobb, who holds the record for the most Seven-Card wins and cashes.  Cobb holds four Stud-related gold bracelets and 18 cashes, the most of any player in WSOP history.

 

·        Lisandro obliterated the competition, particularly at the final table.  No player ever came within 2 to 1 of his chip advantage.  He also knocked out 6 of the 8 players in the finale.
 

·        Lisandro’s decimation of the field took place in relatively quick time.  This was the shortest final table of any of the 44 events completed so far at this year’s WSOP.  The final table clocked in a 2 hours and 40 minutes – a rocket-fast pace given he was playing a limit game known for conservative play.
 

·        A few notes about WSOP records over multiple year periods:  The most gold bracelet wins within a three-year span is 5, held by two players – Gary “Bones” Berland (1977-79) and Doyle Brunson (1976-78).  The most gold bracelet wins within a four-year span is 6, held by Doyle Brunson (1976-79).  Lisandro is now in contention to challenge both of these records, since he hold four gold bracelets within just two years. 

 

 

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The Final Table --

 

·        The final table included only one former WSOP gold bracelet winner – Jeffrey Lisandro.

 

·        The final table also included several veterans with many years of experience playing at the WSOP.  Don Zewin dates back to the 1980s.  Jeffrey Lisandro, Steve Diano, and Kenna James got their start well over ten years ago.  Michael Craig has also attended the WSOP for many years.       

 

·        There were players from four different nations represented at the final table – including Australia, Canada, Italy, and the United States.

 

·        The runner up was Michael Craig, from Scottsdale, AZ.  He has become an accomplished poker player in recent years, with five WSOP cashes and three final table appearances.  But Craig is perhaps best known for his talent as a writer.  He penned the fabulous “The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King,” which is a true story about the highest-stakes cash game in poker history.  Craig contributes his poker knowledge and opinions regularly on various gaming websites.  As the runner up, Craig collected $116,405.

 

·        The third-place finisher was Ryan Fisler, from Kincardine, ON (Canada).  This was his second cash at the WSOP.  He also previously final tabled the North American Poker Championship.

 

·        The fourth-place finisher was Warwick Mirzikinian, from Sydney, Australia.  The Armenian-born investor enjoyed his best WSOP finish ever in this event.

 

·        The fifth-place finisher was Eric Rodawig, from Arlington, VA.  He is a commercial banker who plays a lot of Razz online.  This was his first time to cash at the WSOP.

 

·        The sixth-place finisher was Kenna “Cowboy” James, from Las Vegas, NV.  He is a poker pro who is one of the game’s more well-known personalities.  James has more than $3 million in tournaments winnings, including three high cashes in the WSOP Main Event (1996, 2003, and 2005).  Interestingly, James was one of the organizers of the first major poker tournament ever held in Russia, along with Jeffrey Lisandro, the champion of this event.   

 

·        The seventh-place finisher was Steve Diano, from Las Vegas, NV.  He is originally from Philadelphia and plays in many WSOP events.  Diano has final tabled three times.  In fact, Diano finished third in this same Razz event in 2006.

 

·        The eighth-place finisher was Allen Bari, from West Orange, NJ.  This was his third in-the-money finish at this year’s WSOP.  Bari’s first major cash was a gold ring victory at the WSOP Circuit event held at Caesars Atlantic City last year.

 

·        The ninth-place finisher was Don Zewin, from Las Vegas, NV.  Zewin has been playing at the WSOP more than 20 years.  The Niagara Falls, NY native now has 13 WSOP cashes and six final table appearances.
 

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In-the-Money Finishers --

 

·        Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Jeffrey Lisandro, Rami Boukai, David Sklansky, Bob Slezak, Ville Wahlbeck, Layne Flack, Thank Luu, Jens Voertmann, Blair Rodman, and David Chiu.

 

·        And interesting side note about poker author/theorist and player David Sklansky is – he holds three WSOP gold bracelets in games which are no longer played.

·        Nikolay Evdakov, from Moscow, Russia cashed for the fifth time at this year’s WSOP.  He now has 15 cashes since the start of the 2008 WSOP – the most of any player.  Evdakov holds the record for most cashes within a single year at the WSOP, with 10 (set in 2008).



·        The defending champion from 2009 was Barry Greenstein, from Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.  He entered this year’s event, but did not cash.