Four-time WSOP gold ring winner and two-time WPT champion Michael Mizrachi has added yet another title to his already impressive list of poker achievements. The player won the $570 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max, part of this year’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown festival at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood. Mizrachi scooped a payout of $32,899 and the tournament trophy.
Commenting on his performance in the event, the player said that he “felt unstoppable” and determined to emerge victorious. Born in South Florida, the player is a long-time poker pro with live tournament winnings of a little less than $15 million. As mentioned above, he has won four gold bracelets and two WPT titles so far. In 2010, he was even among the November Niners in the WSOP $10,000 Main Event.
As for the $570 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max, the two-day event attracted 312 hopefuls who were striving to get a share of the money. The prize pool totaled $156,000. The top 36 places got paid, with minimum payouts amounting to $1,014.
The unofficial seven-handed final table started on Day 2 of the tournament and it was none other but Mizrachi who led the final 7. The player had a total of 1,744,000 in chips, almost three times more than the player who was second in chips at that point.
Joe Ebanks was the first to leave the table of seven. He was eliminated by Mizrachi himself and secured a payout of $5,023 for his seventh-place finish. Almog Biton was the next to go. He took home $6,724 for finishing 6th.
Shortly after, Kobi Ribak hit the rail in 5th place, good for $8,736. John Dollinger was another player to fall victim to Mizrachi. He was eliminated in 4th place for a payout of $11,638. Mizrachi then busted Jay Romano in 3rd place. The latter collected $14,586 for his deep run in the tournament.
Thus, Mizrachi and Steve Karp were the only two players at the table. At the start of heads-up play, the soon-to-be-champion held ten times more chips than his opponent. And it did not take long before Mizrachi finished off Karp.
On the final hand for the tournament, Karp went all in and his opponent called. Karp turned [Qd][9d] against Mizrachi’s [Ad][7d]. The board ran out [As][7c][5s][10c][Jc] and Karp was sent to the rail in 2nd place. The player received $22,308 as a consolation prize.
