{"id":8578,"date":"2018-06-19T13:44:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T13:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=8578"},"modified":"2018-06-19T14:42:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T14:42:54","slug":"michael-mizrachi-enters-poker-players-championship-final-table-on-historys-doorstep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/michael-mizrachi-enters-poker-players-championship-final-table-on-historys-doorstep\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Mizrachi Enters Poker Players Championship Final Table On History\u2019s Doorstep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Mizrachi<\/strong> never stops doing the impossible.<\/p>\n

The man known as \u201cThe Grinder\u201d made his fourth career final table in the World Series of Poker<\/a>\u00a0$50,000 Poker Players Championship<\/strong> Monday evening. He enters Tuesday\u2019s finale as the chip leader and with an excellent opportunity to win the most important mixed game event on the schedule for the third time. He and Brian Rast<\/strong> are the only players to win it twice.<\/p>\n

Amazingly, this is also the first WSOP tournament of the summer for Mizrachi. Instead, he\u2019s mostly been sticking to cash games of the $500\/$1,000 Big Bet variety. Mizrachi tweeted he was not a viable pick for the $25,000 Fantasy Draft<\/strong><\/a> and held true to that sentiment for the first three weeks of the series.<\/p>\n

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Lol don\u2019t buy me<\/p>\n

\u2014 Michael Mizrachi (@TheGrinder44) May 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As life goes, Mizrachi plays for his sixth career score of at least $1 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo tell you the truth, I didn\u2019t know if I was playing any tournaments,\u201d Mizrachi told USPoker<\/em>. \u201cI was playing the bigger cash games. I decided to play this at the last minute. I was like, \u2018How can I not play this event?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The poker public knew Mizrachi for his victories at no-limit final tables in the 2000s thanks to numerous appearances on the World Poker Tour<\/strong>. In the past 10 years, all of Mizrachi\u2019s largest cashes outside of his 2010 November Nine run were in the eight-game format of the PPC.<\/p>\n

How is he doing this?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Poker has changed but Mizrachi\u2019s infamous style remains. A feel player if there ever was one, Mizrachi infamously said \u201cDon\u2019t play like me.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The aggression principles of no-limit carry over in the PPC format and Mizrach credits his lifeblood of mixed games to his success in this difficult tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always had a lot of experience in all the games. I started in limit poker. My brother, Robert, he has a lot of experience being an all-around player. We learned from each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mizrachi\u2019s results prove his prowess. The three-time bracelet winner has a top-10 finish in every variant involved in the PPC outside of Razz. Twice, Mizrachi finished third in a WSOP Pot Limit Omaha tournament and 2011, he placed second in the Omaha\/Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better mix.<\/p>\n

There is no doubt that Mizrachi\u2019s tournament skills have stood the test of time. Chip Reese<\/strong> may not have envisioned a bruiser from Miami being the face of the event with the trophy branded by his name but Mizrachi\u2019s results impress even the game\u2019s all-time greats. Should he win again, Mizrachi is all but a lock for the Poker Hall of Fame<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now in its 13th year, the PPC has undergone changes from year to year. Formerly a no-limit hold\u2019em-only final table and H.O.R.S.E event for the first few years, Mizrachi watched the tournament change in front of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s changed because the final table is no\u00a0longer no-limit for TV. The second one, we played the regular eight-game mix. I\u2019ve been in so many situations that I know how to adjust to the players.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mizrachi\u2019s second win in 2012 came against a game group of pros who remain established including Chris Klodnicki<\/strong>, Stephen Chidwick<\/strong>, and Luke Schwartz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The inaugural bracelet featured the pre-Black Friday group since phased out of the WSOP, by choice. John Juanda<\/strong> and Daniel Alaei<\/strong> no longer compete in more than a few events each summer.<\/p>\n

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