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Jeffrey “Iceman” Lisandro, known as one of the best Seven Card Stud players in the world, proved he is just that at the 2009 World Series of Poker by being the first person to ever win

Jeffrey "Iceman" Lisandro

all three 7-card Stud disciplines in the same year.  Despite his phenomenal talent for stud, he is still regarded as one of the best all rounders.  Lisandro bagged $125K in the $1500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud event, $431K in the $10K Seven Card Stud 8 or Better, and $188K in the $2500 Razz event for a total of over $740K in ’09 WSOP earnings.  For his amazing feat Jeffrey Lisandro received the ’09 WSOP Player of the Year award.  His poker nickname is “Iceman” and this was originally thought to refer to his seemingly cold and calculating disposition while playing although he said in an interview that he got the name because he is known for chewing gum (specifically Ice gum) at the poker table to reduce tells.  During his breaks in one tournament he use to run to the sweet shop to get some ICE gum and the lady used to say “The Iceman is here”.  He liked it and that name kinda stuck.  J He is a top high-stakes specialist cash game player and plays in most of the world’s most prestigious poker tournaments. 

Lisandro was born in Perth Australia but has lived in 3 different countries – Australia, Italy and the United States.  He owns a home in Santa Barbara, CA but still calls Salerno, Italy his home.  Prior to playing poker full time, Lisandro was a real estate investor.

His mother taught him how to play poker at the age of five.  He said he believes he was a better poker player than his parents and grandparents at the age of 8 or 9.  When he hit 18 years of age (legal age for gambling in Australia) he was making more money playing poker than he was from working a “regular” job.  When he realized he was winning because of his skill and not because of his luck, he decided to do it for a living.  Lisandro made his first final table appearance in a World Series of Poker event in 1997 in the $3,000 pot limit hold’em event.  In December 2004 Lisandro won the $25,000 limit hold’em heads-up tournament to take home the $194,000 grand prize.  In May 2005 he won the $10,000 no limit hold’em WSOP circuit event at Lake Tahoe, defeating Phil Ivey in the final heads-up confrontation to win the $542,360 prize.  He rates Ivey to be one of the best players in the world and considers this one of his greatest achievements.  Lisandro finished 17^th in the World Series of Poker main event, winning $659,730.  He has made 11 WSOP final tables since 1997 and was considered one of the “best without a bracelet” players until he won his first gold bracelet in 2007 in the $2,000 Seven-Card stud event.  He also placed 2^nd in the World Championship Pot Limit Hold’em (Event 13) in 2007 and won $294,620.  He has not yet made a final table on the World Poker Tour (WPT) but has finished in the money in one event.   

According to Lisandro, he has made a million dollars each year for nine consecutive years (he claimed this in 2007) and strives to make that goal every year.  For a very short time, he played the big game.  He lost a million in the game in three weeks which he says isn’t a lot for that game and it took him four weeks to get the money back.  He then proceeded to win another couple of million after that and then decided that he wasn’t going to play the big game anymore because he could make his goals by playing a little smaller.