Michael Mizrachi

Name: Michael Mizrachi
Nickname: The Grinder
Current Residence: Hollywood, Fla.
Birth Date: January 5, 1981
Birth Place: Miami, Fla., United States
Poker Room: Full Tilt Poker

Michael Mizrachi has a twin brother, Eric, but it was actually his older brother, Robert, who got him interested in poker because of his successful online playing. Michael started with Paradise Poker's $5 - $10 Limit Hold'em and quickly moved on to PokerStars' $30 - $60 and then $100 - $200 games. Though Michael originally harbored intentions of becoming a doctor, he dropped out of college in order to pursue poker full-time.

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Trivia

Nicknamed "The Grinder"
Left college to play poker full time
Rose through the ranks playing online
Travels the tournament circuit with his family in a tour bus

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
WSOPC Season 5, Caesars Palace Las Vegas	2nd	$143,512
2008 WSOP, Event 50, World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha	3rd	$331,279
2008 WSOP, Event 30, World Championship Limit Hold'em	15th	$30,738
2008 WSOP, Event 25, World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit...	11th	$36,096
2008 WSOP, Event 21, No-Limit Hold'em	11th	$42,946
2008 WSOP, Event 10, Omaha 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better	8th	$36,442
WPT Season 6, World Poker Challenge	7th	$74,931
2008 Special, NBC Heads-Up Championship	11th	$25,000
2007 WSOP, Event 53, Limit Hold'em Shootout	63rd	$6,634
2007 WSOP, Event 49, No-Limit Hold'em	56th	$11,828
2007 WSOP, Event 47, No-Limit Hold'em	155th	$4,451
WPT Season 6, Mandalay Bay Poker Championship	19th	$13,115
2007 Special, Wynn Classic	7th	$48,015
2006 WSOPC, Grand Tunica	6th	$90,873
WPT Season 5, Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic	29th	$50,745
2006 WSOP, Event 27, No-Limit Hold'em	67th	$5,804
2006 WSOP, Event 9, No-Limit Hold'em	62nd	$4,385
2006 WSOP, Event 3, Pot-Limit Hold'em	54th	$4,513
2005 WSOP, Event 42, No-Limit Hold'em Championship	230th	$33,197
2005 WSOP, Event 25, $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em	23rd	$5,865
2005 WSOP, Event 22, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	68th	$4,860
2005 WSOP, Event 16, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	53rd	$3,230
2005 WSOP, Event 12, $2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Re-buys	15th	$13,875
2005 WSOP, Event 9, $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em	40th	$7,485
2005 WSOP, Event 5, $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	35th	$3,375
WPT Season 3, L.A. Poker Classic	1st	$1,859,909
WPT Season 3, World Poker Open	5th	$288,241