Jeff Lisandro: Biography, Career and Poker Results

November 12, 2026

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Jeff Lisandro is an Australian professional poker player, known mainly as a cash game player and a specialist in the seven-card games. At the 2009 World Series of Poker he won bracelets in Seven-Card Stud, Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo and Razz, the first player to win all three stud disciplines in one year, and was named WSOP Player of the Year. He has six WSOP bracelets, won in Las Vegas, Europe and Australia. ^[1][3][4]

Jeff Lisandro at a World Poker Tour event on the Gold Coast, Australia — Photo: World Poker Tour, licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.

Jeff Lisandro: key facts

Full name	Jeffrey Lisandro ^[2]
Nickname	“Iceman” ^[12]
Country	Australia; Card Player describes him as an Australian and Italian dual citizen ^[1][5]
Known for	Three stud bracelets at the 2009 WSOP and the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year title ^[3][4]
WSOP bracelets	6 (108 WSOP cashes, 30 final tables) ^[2]
WSOP Circuit rings	1 ^[2]
Honours	Australian Poker Hall of Fame Legend (2010) ^[12][13]
Live tournament earnings	$5,817,553 as of October 27, 2026 ^[1]

Early life and first steps in poker

Lisandro learned to play poker from his mother when he was five years old. Before poker became his profession he worked as a real-estate investor. ^[1][14] Published accounts of his birthplace differ, and he has long been based in Italy: in 2007 PokerNews called him an “Italian based Aussie”. ^[9]

His career was built in cash games. When the Australian Poker Hall of Fame honoured him in 2010, its citation said that he had travelled the world since his early teens looking for the biggest cash games. ^[12] His first recorded tournament cashes came in Europe, in London, Vienna, Amsterdam and Nova Gorica in 1995 and 1996. He first cashed at the World Series of Poker in 1997 and reached his first WSOP final table in 2004. ^[1]

Breakthrough: Lake Tahoe and the 2006 Main Event

Lisandro’s first large tournament score came at the WSOP Circuit stop at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, where he won the Circuit championship for $542,360. ^[1][3] A year later, in 2006, he finished 17th in the WSOP Main Event for $659,730, still the largest cash of his career. ^[3] In September 2006 he also reached the final table of the European Poker Tour’s Barcelona event. ^[1]

At the 2007 World Series he came close to a first bracelet in Event #13, the $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em. Heads-up against Allen Cunningham, his pocket queens lost to Cunningham’s K-9 when a king came on the turn, and he took second place for $294,260. ^[9] Later that summer he won Event #32, the $2,000 Seven-Card Stud. The final table, filmed by ESPN, ran into an unscheduled third day; Daniel Negreanu went out in fifth, and Lisandro beat Nick Frangos heads-up with trip aces to collect $118,426. ^[8] He finished second to Tom Schneider in the 2007 WSOP Player of the Year race. ^[5]

Playing style

Card Player and PokerNews both describe Lisandro as mainly a cash game player who also made his name on the tournament circuit. ^[1][14] His best results came in the limit games of the stud family: Seven-Card Stud, Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo and Razz. After his first 2009 bracelet, PokerNews wrote that he had the event “seemingly under control all the way, squeezing extra bets when ahead and saving them when behind”. ^[3] His two later bracelets came in Pot-Limit Omaha. ^[11]

Greatest achievements

Three stud bracelets in 2009

Lisandro arrived at the 2009 World Series with one bracelet. In Event #16, the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud, he beat Rod Pardey Sr. heads-up for $124,959, with John Juanda fifth. ^[3] In Event #37, the $10,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, he outlasted a field of 164 that included Doyle Brunson, who finished seventh. The heads-up match against Farzad Rouhani lasted about three and a half hours, and the day ended after 4:00 a.m. with Lisandro’s two pair holding against Rouhani’s low draw; first prize was $431,656. ^[3][7]

A few days later he won the $2,500 Razz for $188,370, beating the author Michael Craig heads-up. He eliminated three of his last four opponents, and the final table took two hours and 40 minutes, which Card Player reported as the shortest of the 2009 Series through 44 events. Across the three titles he beat a combined 835 players. ^[3][6]

PokerNews notes that he was the first player to win a stud, a stud hi-lo and a razz event at the same Series, and the fifth to win three bracelets in one year, after Puggy Pearson, Phil Hellmuth, Ted Forrest and Phil Ivey. ^[3] With three bracelets, four final tables and six cashes, he won the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year award with 355 points, ahead of Ville Wahlbeck; the result was settled before the Main Event reached the money. ^[4]

Bracelets in Europe and Australia

In September 2010 Lisandro won Event #2 of the World Series of Poker Europe in London, the £5,250 Pot-Limit Omaha, for £159,514. It was his fifth bracelet and the first outside the stud games. Heads-up against Joe Serock, he was all in with aces against kings and made three kings to take a decisive lead. ^[10]

His sixth bracelet came in October 2014 at the WSOP Asia-Pacific at Crown Melbourne. In the AU$1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha, from a field of 123, he beat fellow Australian Poker Hall of Fame member Jason Gray heads-up after 99 hands, making a wheel on the river, for AU$51,660. PokerNews reported that he and Daniel Negreanu were then the only players with WSOP bracelets won in Las Vegas, Europe and Australia. ^[11]

WSOP bracelets

Year	Event	Prize	Source
2009	WSOP $10,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better (164 entrants)	$431,656	[3][7]
2010	WSOP Europe £5,250 Pot-Limit Omaha, London	£159,514	[10]
2009	WSOP $2,500 Razz	$188,370	[3]
2009	WSOP $1,500 Seven-Card Stud	$124,959	[3]
2007	WSOP $2,000 Seven-Card Stud	$118,426	[8]
2014	WSOP Asia-Pacific AU$1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha, Melbourne (123 entrants)	AU$51,660	[11]

Other notable results

Year	Event	Result	Prize	Source
2006	WSOP $10,000 Main Event	17th	$659,730	[3]
2008	WSOP $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw with rebuys	2nd	$347,004	[1]
2007	WSOP $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em	2nd	$294,260	[9]
2011	WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship	11th	$143,400	[1]
2008	Aussie Millions $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em	4th	AU$150,000	[1]
2013	WSOP $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball	4th	$67,264	[1]
2018	WSOP $1,500 Seven-Card Stud	2nd	$65,282	[1][3]
2010	Aussie Millions $10,500 H.O.R.S.E.	2nd	AU$70,200	[1]
2023	WSOP $1,500 Razz	5th	$34,752	[1]

Later career

Lisandro has stayed a regular at the World Series and at events in Australia. He came closest to a seventh bracelet in 2018, when he lost heads-up to Steve Albini in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud. ^[3] In 2024 he finished fourth of 80 in the A$2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller at the WSOP Circuit International stop at The Star Sydney, and his most recent WSOP.com result is 51st of 867 in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. at the 2025 World Series. WSOP.com credits him with 108 cashes, 30 final tables and $4,831,240 in WSOP earnings. ^[2]

Australian Poker Hall of Fame

The Australian Poker Hall of Fame can raise earlier inductees to Legend status for outstanding ability and contribution to the game. At the 2010 Aussie Millions it named Lisandro, “the Iceman”, its Legend for that year, citing his four bracelets, three of them from 2009, and 31 WSOP cashes. ^[12] PokerNews lists him with Joe Hachem as the Hall’s Legends. ^[13]

In his own words

“It took me so long to get the first one. To get three in one year, it’s amazing.” After his third bracelet of the 2009 World Series. ^[5]

FAQ about Jeff Lisandro

Where is Jeff Lisandro from?

He plays under the Australian flag, and Card Player has described him as an Australian and Italian dual citizen. He has long been based in Italy. ^[1][5][9]

How many WSOP bracelets does Jeff Lisandro have?

Six: four in Las Vegas (2007 and three in 2009), one at the 2010 WSOP Europe and one at the 2014 WSOP Asia-Pacific. ^[2][3]

What did Jeff Lisandro win in 2009?

Three bracelets, in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud, the $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Championship and the $2,500 Razz, and the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year award. ^[3][4]

What is Jeff Lisandro’s net worth?

There is no reliable public figure for his net worth, and much of his career has been spent in cash games, which are not recorded. His live tournament earnings were $5,817,553 as of October 27, 2026, according to PokerNews; prize totals do not show buy-ins or staking deals. ^[1]

What is Jeff Lisandro’s biggest cash?

His largest cash is $659,730 for 17th place in the 2006 WSOP Main Event. His biggest win is the 2009 $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Championship, worth $431,656. ^[3]

Is Jeff Lisandro in a Hall of Fame?

Yes. He is a Legend of the Australian Poker Hall of Fame, a status he received at the 2010 Aussie Millions. ^[12]

Why is Jeff Lisandro called “Iceman”?

“Iceman” is the nickname under which the Australian Poker Hall of Fame announced him as its 2010 Legend. No source we checked explains its origin. ^[12]

Related Poker Legends

Read more about Joe Hachem, the other Legend of the Australian Poker Hall of Fame, Phil Ivey, who won three bracelets in 2002, the last player to do so before Lisandro, and Daniel Negreanu, who was at Lisandro’s first bracelet final table in 2007.