According to many outlets, including Twitter, Two Plus Two, and Bluff Magazine, poker pros Jeffrey Lisandro (pictured) and Brandon Cantu apparently engaged in an argument at the World Series of Poker over an unpaid debt by Cantu. “Apparently, the guy’s got a gambling problem, I guess,” Lisandro said on Monday to Bluff Magazine. “I guess he’s gambled with other people’s money and would like to keep some self-respect.” See the video.

“I feel sorry for him,” Lisandro continued in the brief interview. “This is the world we live in, though. Some people can’t control themselves. There weren’t any punches thrown, but it was a bit of a shouting match. The gambling world’s tough and if you want to gamble, you got to have the money.”

Apparently Lisandro vouched for Cantu so the two-time WSOP bracelet winner could get a loan that would allow for him to continue playing. Lisandro, a five-time bracelet winner, didn’t say whether Cantu welched on the loan, but said, “I feel sorry for all gamblers; this sort of industry doesn’t suit everyone.” He also added later in the Bluff video that he believes “you should always pay your debts, respect people… Unfortunately, in this new world, it doesn’t happen anymore.”

Lisandro, who confessed he has “mellowed” in the past five to 10 years, isn’t a stranger to altercations at the WSOP. In 2006 during the Main Event, he clashed with Prahlad Friedman over whether Lisandro had put his ante into the pot during one of the hands. After a review confirmed that Lisandro had, in fact, put the chip into the pot, Friedman continued to needle Lisandro over the incident. Despite the dealer telling Friedman to drop the issue, Friedman escalated it, calling Lisandro a “thief,” at which point Lisandro responded by saying he would “take (Friedman’s) head off.”

The battle has brought up one of the gray issues in the poker world, having a person stake your play for a percentage of wins or borrowing money from people you’ll pay back when you hit a big score. “Lisandro is absolutely right about not lending money to people,” one poster on Two Plus Two commented. “Aside from the fact that you are unlikely to get it back, it makes no sense to lend money to a good poker player unless you are self-defeating and just want the games to be tougher. Just allow these bums to burn out and go (bust). What is so hard about that?”

Others note that Cantu(pictured) has over $4 million in live tournament poker earnings, according to the Hendon Mob, but apparently needed to borrow money to play. Consequently, some assume that Cantu is being less-than-honorable. “I normally feel sorry for hopeless gamblers, but he has had some serious problems,” one person wrote. “If (Cantu) handled his finances even slightly correctly, he would be in a great position. People… can only dream of some of the results he’s had. What an… imbecile.”

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