Michael Mizrachi The Grinder
Born in Miami in Florida, Michael Mizrachi is a player that can give the best professional poker players a run for their money. Apart from his skills in the poker field, Michael is also fluent in Hebrew since his father is of Iraqi Jewish origin. Poker is in the blood of this player since his older brother Robert has also made his mark in WSOP as well as WPT and finished rather well in both cases.
Interestingly, Michael also has a twin brother Eric who is also a poker player and a rather good one. The line of poker players ends here since his younger brother; Daniel is a professional magician and has not yet entered the game of poker.
Known as the ‘Grinder’ Michael Mizrachi has stunned everyone by his great comeback. Below is an assessment of how the player fared in his poker play –
2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) – Michael was able to turn the tables and doubled his 2 million chips right after play resumed post dinner. In fact Mizrachi played his cards so well that he was able to push the mighty Corey Emery out of the game. The game played here was so strong that Mizrachi was able to win the $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship and therefore banked $1.5 million, which is the highest prize given by WSOP so far.
10,000 Seven Card Stud World Championship – Here a very exciting game followed in the tournament when Michael Mizrachi almost won his second bracelet but sadly fell a bit short of the victory. All the same he did win the 6th position in the tournament and also took home $69,000.
World Poker Tour (WPT) World Poker Open- Michael took part in the tournament in January of 2005 and faced poker giants like Daniel Negreanu and Scotty Nguyen. Here too the player proved his expertise in the game by finishing 5th in the tournament. In fact the following month saw Michael defeat Ted Forrest and Erick Lindgren and bag the $1,859,909. Out of the 452 entries Michael finished 11th which is a great feat in the $25,000 WPT Championship. With seven money finishes Michael has created a record of sorts. In the fourth season of the world poker tour the player finished second in the Gold Strike World Poker Open. In the following round he defeated John D’Agostino and Erick Lindgren to take home $1,173,373 and a 2006 Cadillac Escalade which was the prize in the WPT.
Michael has won the prestigious Card Player Magazine’s Player of the Year Award and this is a huge feat for a poker player. After going through his poker career graph one is assured that Mizrachi who was studying to be a doctor but dropped out of college in order to play poker full-time, did not make the wrong choice. The man knows his game and has mastered it rather well too and one is hopeful that his winnings will continue and we will get some great poker play to watch on tables where Michael Mizrachi plays.
Michael Mizrachi And The 2010 WSOP Main Event
If you like to play or watch poker tournaments on TV, you have probably heard the name “Michael Mizrachi”. Known as “the Grinder”, he has been a big name in poker since 2005. His latest accomplishment is making the 2010 World Series Of Poker Main Event final table.
What are his chances when the final table plays out in November? Well, to better understand that, you first need to understand his history and his family.
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Poker player Michael Mizrachi
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi is one of the poker players to make it to the final table of this year’s World Series Of Poker Main Event. That’s not at all surprising, considering where he comes from. After all, he has a lot of poker experience.
It’s In The Genes
Michael Mizrachi was born in Florida. His family, in Miami, included an older brother and a twin brother, as well as a younger brother. His twin brother Eric and his Older brother Robert both play poker, too. In fact, Robert has many WPT and WSOP finishes under his belt. Michael’s younger brother, Daniel, is not a pro poker player, but he does have a little bit of that Las Vegas magic in his blood. He’s a magician by trade. So, it’s clear that Michael has some serious genetics on his side, on top of his learned skills and, of course, a little bit of luck.
The 2010 WSOP
Some might say that Michael’s luck ran out a bit when he had a run in with the IRS at the start of 2010, but he didn’t let that stop him. Just weeks after that he won $1.5 million in the Player’s Championship. He followed that up with a sixth place finish in the Seven Card Stud World Championship, falling just short of earning his second World Series of Poker bracelet.
Now, Michael finds himself at the final table in the 2010 WSOP Main Event. It will all be decided in November. Although he had some big ups and downs in his tournament run, including a huge pot loss to Matt Affleck, Michael Mizrachi consistently shows that he can persevere in the face of adversity. Since he has the most experience of anyone at the final table, it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.
Michael Mizrachi Early Poker Career
The Grinder’s poker prime began in 2005. It was in January of that year that he managed to take fifth against players like Scotty Nguyen and Daniel Negreanu in the World Poker Tour’s World Poker Open.
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