Michael Mizrachi
| Michael D. Mizrachi | |
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Mizrachi at the Planet Hollywood Poker Room
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| Nickname(s) | The Grinder |
| Residence | Hollywood, Florida |
| Born | January 5, 1981 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 3 |
| Final table(s) | 13 |
| Money finish(es) | 35 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish |
5th, 2010 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 2 |
| Final table(s) | 5 |
| Money finish(es) | 13 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Money finish(es) | 1 |
Michael David Mizrachi (born January 5, 1981) is an American professional poker player who won the 2010 and 2012 World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship. Mizrachi also has two World Poker Tour titles, and he finished 5th in the Main Event of the 2010 World Series of Poker. In January 2013, Mizrachi signed on as a team pro with Lock Poker.
Mizrachi was born in Miami, Florida. 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 Jay Mizrachi, who is a professional DJ AKA DJ MIZRACHI. Mizrachi is fluent in Hebrew, as his father is of Iraqi Jewish origin Ezra Mizrachi. Growing up, Mizrachi wanted to become a doctor but dropped out of college to play poker full-time.
Mizrachi has three children son, Paul William (named after his grandfather) and a daughter named Julie Malka ("queen" in Hebrew) and Joseph Mizrachi. He currently lives in Hollywood, Florida. 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. 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. Mizrachi also had two residential properties in Florida foreclosed on including a condominium he owned with his brother, Robert. In 2016, Aidiliy Mizrachi, his wife, divorced Michael for irreconcilable differences.
In 2006, Mizrachi won CardPlayer Magazine's Player of the Year Award.
As of 2014, Mizrachi's live tournament winnings exceed $14.5 million. His 35 cashes at the WSOP account for $6,931,580 of those winnings.
In the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Mizrachi tied the record of seven money finishes in a single year. In the 2008 World Series of Poker, he finished third in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship. In 2010, Mizrachi won his first bracelet in the The Poker Player's Championship, defeating Vladimir Shchemelev heads-up and winning $1,559,046. His brother Robert Mizrachi finished 5th in the same event. Later that year, Mizrachi also made the November Nine in the Main Event. He would go on to finish 5th, earning $2,332,992, and was eliminated by eventual winner Jonathan Duhamel. Despite his strong performance at the 2010 WSOP, Frank Kassela was awarded the Player of the Year award based on the pre-existing scoring system. This was controversial because some felt that Mizrachi's year was better, which resulted in a refinement of the scoring system. Mizrachi's success in 2010 led to ESPN poker announcer Norman Chad labelling it "The Year of The Grinder".
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