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Poker Pro Jeff Lisandro Completes WSOP Hat Trick With Razz WinWed, Jun 24th, 2009 @ 12:00am Jeff Lisandro entered Day 3 play as the chip leader of Event #44, $2,500 Razz, looking to claim his third bracelet of the 2009 World Series of Poker. Seven hours later, Lisandro had dispatched his final opponent to claim his third bracelet of the 2009 WSOP. Lisandro entered the final day with 438,000 chips, which was more than 100,000 up on the next guy. Once it was down to five-handed, the Aussie (who now resides in Italy) had control of the majority of the chips in play. In heads-up play, Lisandro's enormous chip stack proved to be just too much for the nearly felted Michael Craig, who would ultimately take home $116,405 as runner-up. After outlasting 314 others, Lisandro took home the largest portion of the $792,500 prize pool, a cool $188,370. More importantly, he grabbed career bracelet #4. With the win, Lisandro has completed the Seven Card Stud trifecta this year, earning a bracelet in Seven Card Stud, Stud-8 and Razz. Lisandro also joins Walter "Puggy" Pearson (1973), Ted Forrest (1993), Phil Hellmuth (1993) and Phil Ivey (2002) as the only players to capture three bracelets in one WSOP. Let's not forget about the 2009 Player of the Year race at the WSOP. Lisandro began the day tied with Ville Wahlbeck of Finland with 255 pts. Wahlbeck had a chance to add to that today, sitting on the immediate left of Lisandro, but fell out in 13th (20 pts.) Lisandro now leads with 355 pts. Final table results: Click here to read the live coverage blog.
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Fabrice Soulier Joins Everest Poker's Pro Roster To further strengthen its support for French poker in anticipation of the opening of that market, Everest Poker has signed renowned French poker pro Fabrice Soulier as its latest ambassador.
HHPT Co-Sponsors Bayou Poker Challenge Ladies Event Dec. 20 The HighHeelsPokerTour (HHPT), the first all women's poker tour launched on the East coast, will wrap up their 2009 schedule at Harrah's New Orleans on December 20th where they will co-sponsor the Ladies Event #14 no-limit Hold'em at 12 pm.
OPPAGA Reports on Florida's Online Poker Options Given that UIGEA permits individual states to regulate online poker, the Florida Legislature's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) published a report this week presenting three options available to Florida State lawmakers in order to protect consumers from unlawful internet poker: regulate it, prohibit it, or carry on with the status quo pending federal legislation.
BC Poker Champion Arrested, Charged with Manslaughter Just two days after taking down the BC Poker Championships Main Event, Sophon Sek of Cloverdale, BC, was arrested in connection with one of the most storied crimes in the Province's history.
Local Businessman Bags European Poker Tour Vilamoura Bling The European Poker Tour rolled into the Casino Vilamoura last week, instantly generating the richest poker prize pool in the nation of Portugal's history.
Keikoan Captures Harvey's Lake Tahoe WSOPC Championship This week marked the finale of the biggest annual tournament series in Northern Nevada, the WSOP Circuit championship at Harvey's Lake Tahoe. While the Main Event saw only a modest turnout, it did boast of a tough final table, and a WSOP bracelet owner as the eventual champion.
WSOP Main Event Champ Joe Cada to Appear on Letterman The poker world will receive some late night attention tonight as "The Kid" Joe Cada, the youngest champion in the four decade history of the World Series of Poker Main Event, takes a seat next to embattled talk show host David Letterman.
First Korean Champ of Asia Pacific Poker Tour Crowned in Cebu Another stop on the Asia Pacific Poker Tour is in the books, this time it's the APPT Cebu in the Philippines, and for the very first time a Korean player has come out on top.
Pollack Done as Commish of World Series of Poker Just three days after crowning Joe Cada as the 2009 Main Event champion, officially closing the special 40th anniversary run of the World Series of Poker, Jeffrey Pollack has resigned his post as Commissioner of the WSOP.
Durrrr Signs as Team Full Tilt's Youngest Member Tom "durrrr" Dwan is the newest member of Team Full Tilt, the online site's highest level of affiliation. At 23, Dwan is the youngest of the now 14-person team. The high stakes cash phenomenon was nominated for induction this year into the Poker Hall of Fame until the Hall of Fame Governing Council decided he was too young to meet the "has stood the test of time" qualification. |
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