Coming into the final table of Event #16($1,500 Seven Card Stud) at the World Series of Poker, Jeffrey Lisandro was the chip leader who had to battle his way through 7 other tough players that included John Juanda, Nickolas “Little Nicky” Frangos, and 2-time bracelet winner Rodney Pardy. But it was the Seven Card Stud experience of Lisandro that proved most valuable as he motored down the table hand by hand and won a quick heads up match with Pardy to win his second WSOP bracelet.

“I’m really tense at the moment, but it feels good. It hasn’t sunk in yet”,  said Lisandro as he was whisked away from the table in his only exit interview with BluffMagazine.com.

With the action starting promptly at 2pm, Mitch Schock was first on the chopping block barely 15 minutes into the final table. Schock, who came in with the second shortest stack of 83,000 in chips, boarded 8 Ah] 5 and moved all-in after a raise and reraise from Frangos and Juanda. Frangos check-called Juanda, then check-called all-in after another Juanda bet on fourth street. With Frangos’s board of 8 9 3, he turned over Q Q and quickly celebrated loudly when a Q hit on sixth street giving him a set over Juanda’s pair of tens in the hole. While the celebrating of Frangos was getting louder, Schock just mucked his cards and finished the event in 8th place for $13,373.

The next short stack at the table belonged to Daniel Studer. Coming into the final table with the lowest chip count of 43,000, Studer lost 2/3 of his chips to Lisandro in the first 20 minutes of action, but it was Juanda who finally sealed Studer’s fate when his 5 9 8 in the hole rivered a flush on seventh street which bested Studer’s A 7 K in the hole for Kings and sent Studer home in 7th place for $15,862.

One of the more interesting stories at the final table belonged to Rodney and Eric Pardy. Rodney, Eric’s uncle, came into the final table with two previous WSOP bracelets in Seven Card Stud. But the mentoring of Eric didn’t get deep enough as Eric was soon on the short stack. After Pardy pushed all-in with his board of 8 T Q 3, Lisandrop quickly called with his board of 2 6 J J and 2-3-6 in the hole eliminating one half of the Pardy family in 6th place.

The 4-time bracelet winner was next to join Eric on the rail after the break when Juanda called a Steven Stencil raise and got all his money in with his pair of Queens that couldn’t hold up to Stencil’s monster hand of 10-5-5 in the hole that caught a T on sixth street for a full house to eliminate Juanda in fifth place.

With the loudest celebration so far at the final table, it was only a matter of time before the party ended early for Frangos. On third street, Lisandro led out with Frangos calling behind him. Catching an Ace on fourth street, Lisandro let out once more and this time Frangos reraised all-in. With Frangos showing a 4 on the board, he flipped over 5 4 5 in the hole good for two pair. But with his confidence and swagger, Lisandro quickly flipped over his 7 3 3 in the hole to match up with a 7 on his board to give him the better two pair and sending Frangos home in 4th place collecting $35,087 for his efforts.

When play got three handed, the final table confidence of Lisandro in a Stud game took over as he took one pot after another, but it was Pardy who took down Stencil when Lisandro had the bring-in with the 2. Stencil called while Pardy completed. After Lisandro folded, Stencil and Pardy checked down to fourth street. On Stencil’s board of 5 A 9 J, he led out on fifth street and Pardy raised with his 3 J 9 A board. On sixth street, Stencil bet out again and Pardy raised him all-in to which Stencil made the call. Pardy turned over his K Q 4 to make an Ace-high flush to eliminate Stencil in 3rd place for $50,626

Entering heads up play, it became a classic showdown between Lisandro and Pardy who combined had the most WSOP Seven Card Stud experience at the table.

Wth Lisandro’s 5-1 chip lead going into heads up play, there wasn’t much Pardy could do but check down to seventh street and hopefully have a better hand than Lisandro.

With Lisandro winning virtually every showdown, his chip lead got as high as 10-1 and Pardy’s stack was just about done. On the final hand, Lisandro brought in with a 5 and Pardy completed the bet with his K. Lisandro raised and Pardy followed him with a call. On fourth street, Lisandro was dealt a K and bet out when Pardy checked his 8. Pardy then raised all in for his tournament life and Lisandro made the call. In the hole, Lisandro held A K 6 on a board of 5 K T 8 which gave him the Ace-high flush and a triumphant second bracelet in Event #16 and was awarded $124,959 for his first place finish while Pardy took second for $77,230