Michael Mizrachi
| Michael Mizrachi | |
|---|---|
 Mizrachi at the Planet Hollywood Poker Room | |
| Nickname(s) | The Grinder |
| Residence | Hollywood, Florida |
| Born | January 5, 1981 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 23 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | TBD November Nine, 2010 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 2 |
| Final table(s) | 4 |
| Money finish(es) | 11 |
Michael David Mizrachi (born January 5, 1981) is an American professional poker player who is the winner of the World Poker Tour 2005 L.A. Poker Classic and the 2010 World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship.[1][2]
Personal life
Mizrachi was born in Miami, Florida.[3] He is the younger brother of Robert Mizrachi who has numerous WSOP and WPT finishes to his own name. He has a twin brother Eric Mizrachi (also a poker player) and a younger brother, Daniel, who is a professional magician. Mizrachi is fluent in Hebrew, as his father is of Iraqi Jewish origin.[4] Growing up, Mizrachi wanted to become a doctor but dropped out of college to play poker full-time.
Mizrachi is married to Aidiliy, has one son, Paul William (named after his grandfather) and a daughter named Julie Malka ("queen" in Hebrew). He currently lives in Miramar, Florida.[5] He purchased a motor home out of his poker winnings which he used to keep his family near him when he was on the road, but eventually sold it as it was depreciating in value.[6] In early 2010, a federal tax lien in the amount of $339,711 was filed against Mizrachi for unpaid taxes related to his earnings from 2005 to 2007.[7] Mizrachi also had two residential properties in Florida foreclosed on including a condominium he owned with his brother, Robert.[7]
Poker
Mizrachi is a distinguished and successful poker player who in 2006 won CardPlayer Magazine's Player of the Year Award.
Mizrachi got his nickname “The Grinder” for having a solid, consistent style of play; always steadily “grinding” his way through tournament fields.[8]
Live poker
Tournaments
As of 2010, Mizrachi's live tournament winnings exceed $9,600,000.[9] His 23 cashes at the WSOP account for $2,271,327 of those winnings.[10]
World Series of Poker
In the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP), he tied a record by having seven money finishes in the one year. In the 2008 World Series of Poker he came close to winning his first bracelet when he held the chip lead going into the final table of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship, but ended up finishing third. Then in 2010, Mizrachi won his first bracelet in the The Poker Player's Championship, winning $1,559,046, with his older brother Robert Mizrachi finishing 5th in the same event.[11] Mizrachi then proceeded to make the November Nine 2010 with 14,450,000 in chips which will continue play on 6 November 2010. [12]
| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | $50,000 The Poker Player's Championship | $1,559,046 |
World Poker Tour
In January 2005, Mizrachi finished fifth in the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Poker Open at a table also featuring Daniel Negreanu and Scotty Nguyen. The next month he won a first prize of $1,859,909 on the WPT, defeating a final table including Ted Forrest and Erick Lindgren. He also finished 11th place(out of 452 entrants) in the $25,000 WPT Championship.[2]
In the WPT's fourth season he finished second to Scotty Nguyen in the Gold Strike World Poker Open. In the next event, he defeated a final table including John D'Agostino and Erick Lindgren to win $1,173,373 and a 2006 Cadillac Escalade in his second WPT win.[2]
| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | $10,000 L.A. Poker Classic | $1,859,909 |
| 2006 | $10,000 Borgata Winter Poker Open | $1,173,373 |
Cash games
Mizrachi starred on the second season of High Stakes Poker. [13]
Notes
- ^ Rodriguez, Julio (2010-06-02). "Day 4 of the WSOP $50,000 Players Championship". CardPlayer.com. CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ^ a b c Butt, Robert. "Michael Mizrachi- Results". TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ "Michael Mizrachi WPT profile". worldpokertour.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ "Michael Mizrachi Grinds Out Victory in 2010 WSOP Poker Players Championship". Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ Ordine, Bill (2010-07-27), The Smart Money: Michael Mizrachi an Unlikely Cinderella Story at the World Series of Poker, The Philadelphia Inquirer, http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20100727_The_Smart_Money___Michael_Mizrachi_an_unlikely_Cinderella_story_at_World_Series_of_Poker.html
- ^ Shulman, Allyn Jaffrey (2005-08-05). "Travelin' Man". Card Player. CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ a b Sortal, Nick (2010-05-13). "Superstar South Florida Poker Player Down on his Luck". MiamiHerald.com. Miami Herald republished from Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
- ^ "Michael Mizrachi PokerNews Profile". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ^ Butt, Robert. "Michael Mizrachi - Stats". TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ^ "Michael Mizrachi WSOP stats". wsop.com. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ^ "PokerNews Live Reporting: Event #2: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "Michael Mizrachi PokerNews Profile". PokerNews.com. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ^ "Michael Mizrachi PokerNews Profile". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
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