Jeff Lisandro Wins Bracelet Number Two

Posted on June 25, 2009 
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Jeff Lisandro won his first bracelet of the year in Event 16 $1,500 Seven Card Stud, but his bracelet in Event 37 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Championship was well deserved. On Day 3 of Event 37, twelve players returned at their chance at a World Series bracelet. Of those returning, the field was tough with Doyle Brunson, Scotty Nguyen, Justin “Boosted J” Smith, and Perry Friedman still in.

Lyle Berman was the first to drop from Day 3, and one by one they continued to fall. Doyle Brunson finished the event in 7th place. He had lost a big pot to Abe Mosseri after check calling Mosseri all the way down to 7th street. Mosseri was able to made a flush, while Brunson only had a pair of jacks with no low to be seen.

Brunson was crippled and committed a few hands later when he was the bring in showing a deuce. Farzad Rouhani was eager to get his chips and raised to put Brunson all in. With not much of a choice, Brunson made the call. Rouhani was able to boat up, and Brunson missed his low draw on 7th street to knock him out.

The knockouts continued until the final table was left with only two. This is the order in which players were eliminated from Day 3:

12. Lyle Berman - $33,668
11. Scotty Nguyen- $33,668
10. Perry Friedman- $41,885
9. Anthony Rivera- $41,885
8. Justin Smith- $54,896
7. Doyle Brunson- $62,234
6. Abe Mosseri- $74,258
5. Yan Chen- $93,513
4. Frank Mariani- $124,684
3. Mike Wattel- $176,605

Then it was down to two. Farzad Rouhani and Jeff Lisandro started their heads up play around 12:45 am. Rouhani had a slight chip lead over Lisandro, but they started heads up at 80,000/160,000 limits which made it fairly even stacked. After an hour or so of heads up play, Rouhani had Lisandro four to one in chips. It looked as though the final table wouldn’t last as long as everyone expected.
A crowd of people began to gather at the final table, and Lisandro’s supporters were making more noise than Rouhani’s which must have boosted Lisandro’s confidence. The tides began to turn, and within a few hands Lisandro had fought his way back. Rouhani began to be over powered by Lisandro, and Rouhani was unable to regain his chip lead.

After more than three hours of heads up play, Rouhani became critically low on chips and was essentially all in on every hand. For several hands Rouhani was all in, and it looked like it was going to be over, but the two contenders kept splitting the pot. Finally, the moment came. Rouhani was all in and the hands ran out:

Rouhani: (As 5s) 2c 3c Ts 2h (Kd)
Lisandro: (2s 6d) 6s Tc Th Kh (5h)

With Rouhani unable to complete a low, and Lisandro taking the high, it was all over. This final table was athe longest match in the 2009 World Series so far. Both players played extremely well and fought hard, but ultimately it was Jeff Lisandro that would take home the gold. Rouhani took home $266,804 for his 2nd place finish. Jeff Lisandro takes home the bracelet and $431,656.

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