Michael Mizrachi, born on January 5th 1981 in Miami, Florida, is one of the most popular poker players, also known as the “Grinder Mizrachi”. He has a twin brother, Eric and two other brothers - Daniel and Robert. His first wish was to become a medical doctor but later dropped out of university because of poker. His elder brother Robert was very interested in poker and it was he who involved Michael in the game. Shortly after he started becoming more and more successful and won a lot of games not only online, but in live tournaments as well.
His first big win was when he took 5th place in Tunica’s World Poker Open in January 2005, followed by a $ 1,859,909 prize for winning the L.A Poker Classic. It was just the beginning of a series of World poker tour achievements for him. Michael Mizrachi was first at the Borgata Winter Open and 11th at the $ 25.000 WPT Championship. The poker player shares that playing online makes his acting stronger and better, which develops him as a player because he learns a lot about the game itself, his opponents, even their styles of playing.
Michael Mizrachi is married to Aidilyi who is a poker player as well. She is known as ‘Miss Grinder’ and has been featured on the WPT’s Ladies night, where she took the second place and a lot of compliments for her beautiful play along with it. They have two children: a boy, named after its grandfather Paul William, and a girl called Julie Malka which means ‘queen’ in Hebrew (that is because Michael’s father is of a Iraque Jewish origin.)
At present Michael Mizrachi is a professional poker player who is a member of the Absolute Poker team. Mizrachi has the reputation of one of the most rich and successful poker players in the world. As of 2008, his live tournament winnings exceed $6,700,000. He is on his way to become a legend in the history of Poker game. Players can play against “The Grinder’ for 60$ in special ‘Grinder Bounty Tournaments’.