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Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (born January 5 1981 in Miami, Florida) is an American professional poker player.

Growing up, Michael wanted to become a doctor, but dropped out of college to play poker full-time.

In January 2005, Michael finished 5th in the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Poker Open at a table also featuring Daniel "Kid Poker" 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 finished the year's WPT with an 11th place finish (out of 452 entrants) in the $25,000 WPT Championship.

In the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP), he tied a record by having 7 money finishes.

In the WPT's fourth season he finished 2nd 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.

As of 2006, his live tournament winnings exceed $5,000,000.

Personal life

Michael is the younger brother of Robert Mizrachi, who has numerous WSOP and WPT finishes to his own name. He has two other brothers, Eric and Daniel.

He is married to Aidilay, and has one son, Paul William (named after his grandfather.) He lives in Hollywood, Florida. He purchased a tour bus out of his poker winnings, which he uses to keep his family near him when he is on the road. He also speaks fluent Hebrew.

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