About Jeffrey Lisandro

Jeffrey Lisandro
Name Jeffrey Lisandro
Current Residence Salerno, IT
Birth Place Perth, AU

For years, Jeffrey Lisandro was described by many in the poker world as one of the best poker players not to have won a World Series of Poker bracelet. In 2007, he rectified that situation by winning the $2,000 Seven-Card Stud event.

Lisandro, who was born in Perth, Australia, but now calls Salerno, Italy, home, made most of his money in real estate investments but now spends much of his time as a professional poker player. He has homes in Las Vegas, Italy and Australia.

Before focusing on tournaments in recent years, Lisandro was mainly a high-limit cash game player. He played the highest-limits out there, rivaling some of the world’s top players.

Since delving into tournament play, Lisandro has seen a lot of cashes in the World Series of Poker and other events around the world. Most notable, he defeated Howard Lederer in the Bellagio $25,000 Heads-Up Limit Hold’em tournament in 2004, and followed that up in May 2005 with a World Series of Poker $10,000 Circuit Championship win by taking out Phil Ivey heads-up.

It is his ability to enter these tournaments and take on well-known pros so calmly that earned him the nickname “The Iceman.”

His cool demeanor paid off nicely at the 2007 WSOP, where, along with several cashes, he made two final tables. The first was a second place finish in the $5,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em event which was won by Allen Cunningham. His second was his win in the $2,000 Seven-Card Stud event, finishing off a final table that included Howard Lederer and Daniel Negreanu.

For a man who already makes a fortune in investments and his cash games, the bracelet truly was the goal for Lisandro.

When PokerListings.com asked him about the money and the bracelet win, he had this to say:

“I’m trying to calm down actually. I’m just feeling a little bit elevated. I’m flying. (Laughs.) For me it’s just the bracelet. The money’s worth nothing. It was just the bracelet!”

There’s no doubt, now that Jeffrey Lisandro has got a taste for that gold bracelet win, he’ll probably be gunning for more. With four or more cashes at the WSOP, many of them deep cashes, in every World Series since 2004, you can bet the poker world hasn’t seen the last of him at a final table.

Trivia


  • 2007 WSOP bracelet winner
  • Made his fortune in real estate investing

Jeffrey Lisandro recent tournament placings

Place Winnings Tournament
11 $143,400 WSOP 2011, Event 55 - $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
30 $5,040 WSOP 2011, Event 49 - $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball
26 $15,631 WSOP 2011, Event 35 - $5,000 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha
35 $10,247 WSOP 2011, Event 31 - $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
1 £159,514 WSOPE 2010, Event 2: £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
5 $68,417 WSOP 2010, Event 37 - $3,000 HORSE
42 $5,244 WSOP 2010, Event 33 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha
24 $17,138 WSOP 2010, Event 25 - $10k Omaha Hi-Low Championship
38 £14,200 EPT Season 6, EPT London
1 $188,370 2009 WSOP, Event 44 - $2,500 Seven-Card Razz
1 $431,656 2009 WSOP, Event 37 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Championship
33 $11,345 2009 WSOP, Event 35 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
17 $14,889 2009 WSOP, Event 27 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo
1 $124,975 2009 WSOP, Event 16 - $1,500 Seven-Card Stud
9 $36,266 2009 WSOP, Event 6 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship
7 £11,000 2008 WSOPE, Event 2, H.O.R.S.E.
20 $4,019 2008 WSOP, Event 26, Seven-Card Razz
2 $347,004 2008 WSOP, Event 18, No-Limit 2-7 Triple-Draw w/re-buys
91 $4,840 2007 WSOP, Event 52, No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-Buys
62 $2,067 2007 WSOP, Event 46, Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better
18 $6,464 2007 WSOP, Event 40, Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)
1 $118,426 2007 WSOP, Event 32, Seven Card Stud
2 $294,620 2007 WSOP, Event 13, World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em
13 $35,732 2007 WSOP, Event 7, Pot Limit Omaha W/Rebuys
6 €115,200 EPT Season 3, EPT3 Barcelona Open
17 $659,730 2006 WSOP, Event 39, No-Limit Texas Hold'em World Championship Event
19 $4,466 2006 WSOP, Event 33, Seven Card Razz
15 $10,897 2006 WSOP, Event 26B, Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys
9 $22,908 2006 WSOP, Event 7 Limit Hold'em
7 $29,605 2005 WSOP, Event 39, $5,000 No-limit 2 to 7 Draw Lowball w/re-buys
43 $1,355 2005 WSOP, Event 14, $1,000 Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split
45 $3,140 2005 WSOP, Event 10, $2,000 Limit Hold'em
37 $6,050 2005 WSOP, Event 6, $2,500 Short-handed no-limit Hold'em

Jeffrey Lisandro in the Media