Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has been eliminated from the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event on Day 1b. He moved all in preflop holding pocket jacks and was in big trouble when his opponent flopped a set of eights on a K-8-6 flop.
The turn was a queen and there was no jack on the river for the Grinder. Sportsbook.com had Michael Mizrachi at +300 to win the 2007 World Series of Poker.
Mizrachi was born on January 5th, 1981 in Miami, Florida. While growing up, Michael said he wanted to become a doctor, but changed his mind while in college, dropping out to play poker full time. In January, 2005, he finished fifth in the World Poker Tour, and has earned the nickname “The Grinder”.
That next month, Mizrachi won a first prize of $1,859,909 also on the World Poker Tour, defeating a final table that included some of the top players. He finished the World Poker Tour for the year coming in at eleventh place out of 452 entries. He went on to play in various other poker tournaments, again, defeating some of the best players. One notable factor is his age, as he is among the youngest players in the profession, and often beats others who have established their place in the game.
As of 2007, his live tournament winnings exceed five million dollars, an amount it has taken other players much longer to reach. His fast rise has made him one of the most talked about players in the profession, and his abilities are difficult to surpass. He is expected to continue his rise to the top, and may very well go down as one of the best poker players this country has ever seen.
1:00 PM EST – $2,000.00 guaranteed, $10.00+$1.00 buy-in
4:00 PM EST – $6,000.00 guaranteed, $25.00+$2.50 buy-in
6:30 PM EST – $2,000.00 guaranteed, $10.00+$1.00 buy-in
9:30 PM EST – $10,000.00 guaranteed, $30.00+$3 buy-in
10:00 PM EST – $1,000 guaranteed, $5+$0.50 buy-in
MIDNIGHT EST – $2,000.00 guaranteed, $10.00+$1.00 buy-in
Sportsbook.com has posted the following
2007 WSOP odds on the poker player that will win the Main Event at the World Series of Poker:Alan Betson 600-1
Alan Goehring 500-1
Allan Cunningham 200-1
Amarillo Slim 600-1
Amir Vahedi 600-1
Andy Black 400-1
Annie Duke 400-1
Antonio Esfandiari 250-1
Ash Derei 600-1
Barny Boatman 400-1
Barry Greenstein 500-1
Barry Shulman 500-1
Ben Affleck 800-1
Ben Roberts 600-1
Bill Gazes 600-1
Bruno Fitoussi 600-1
Chip Jett 600-1
Chip Reese 400-1
Chris Bigler 500-1
Chris Bjorin 500-1
Chris Fergusen 175-1
Chris Moneymaker 400-1
Chris Tsiprailidis 600-1
Dan Harrington 200-1
Daniel Negreanu 75-1
Danny Nguyen 600-1
Dave Colclough 400-1
Dave Ulliott 250-1
David Chiu 600-1
David Pham 400-1
David Singer 600-1
David Sklansky 600-1
David Williams 400-1
Dewey Tomko 600-1
Donnacha ODea 600-1
Doyle Brunson 500-1
Eric Seidel 200-1
Erick Lindgren 300-1
Evelyn Ng 600-1
Freddy Bonyadi 600-1
Freddy Deeb 600-1
Greg Raymer 250-1
Gus Hansen 200-1
Harry Demetriou 400-1
Hasin Habib 500-1
Howard Lederer 200-1
Huck Seed 500-1
Humberto Brenes 500-1
Jamie Gold 400-1
Jeff Lisandro 500-1
Jennifer Harman 600-1
Joe Beevers 600-1
Joe Hachem 500-1
Johan Storakers 400-1
John Cernuto 600-1
John Hennigan 400-1
John Juanda 250-1
John Phan 600-1
Johnny Chan 150-1
Josh Arieh 400-1
Juha Helppi 600-1
Julian Gardner 400-1
Kenna James 600-1
Layne Flack 500-1
Lucy Rokach 600-1
Marcel Luske 300-1
Mark Seif 600-1
Martin De Knijff 400-1
Mattias Andersson 400-1
Max Pescatori 500-1
Mel Judah 500-1
Men Nguyen 400-1
Michael Mizrachi 300-1
Mickey Wernick 600-1
Noah Boeken 600-1
Pascal Perrault 400-1
Paul Maxfield 600-1
Paul Phillips 600-1
Peter Costa 400-1
Peter Hedlund 600-1
Phil Gordon 500-1
Phil Hellmuth 75-1
Phil Ivey 75-1
Phil Laak 300-1
Prahlad Friedman 600-1
Ram Vaswani 300-1
Randy Holland 500-1
Rob Hollink 500-1
Robert Varkonyi 600-1
Ross Boatman 600-1
Sam Farha 400-1
Scotty Nguyen 200-1
Simon Trumper 500-1
Surinder Sunar 500-1
TJ Coultier 300-1
Ted Forrest 400-1
Tobias Persson 600-1
Todd Brunson 500-1
Tony Bloom 600-1
Tony G 500-1
Willie Tann 500-1
