Parker denied Negreanu a bracelet and a lot of points. Lisandro, however, was not to be denied. A couple of years ago, Lisandro was on the short list of great poker players in the world without a World Series of Poker bracelet.

That changed in 2007 when he captured first in the $2k Seven Card Stud event. This year Lisandro, as Parker did, has added two bracelets to his resume, now owning the hardware his skill warrants. After winning the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event, for $124,959 Lisandro did the double by winning the $10k Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo World Championship. The 10k championship was a war, as Lisandro contended with such notables as Doyle Brunson and Scotty Nguyen late.

With his second bracelet, Lisandro moved into a tie with Ville Wahlbeck (who narrowly missed winning a second bracelet a couple of times) atop the WSOP POY leaderboard. Those POY points made his prop partner Barry Greenstein a very happy man. Lisandro has won $619,131, so far this year. He’s cashed a total of five times and upped his lifetime tournament earnings to almost $4 million.

Out of the two time bracelet winners, one may be have a leg up on the others. Phil Ivey has already won three bracelets in a World Series and has to be considered the favorite to win a third, but we’ve learned never to discount Parker, and now Lisandro.