Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (born January 5, 1981 in Miami, Florida) is an American professional poker player. Jump to: navigation, search January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Senators Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Poker Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded to the remaining 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. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15 Ruth Warrick • 14 Rudolph Moshammer Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a collection of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... Jump to: navigation, search Daniel Negreanu, Professional Poker Player Daniel Negreanu (born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a professional poker player. ... Thuan Scotty Nguyen is a Vietnamese American professional poker player. ... Ted Forrest is a professional poker player. ... Erick Lindgren is a poker professional who won his first ever major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and followed that up with his first WPT win just ten months later. ...

In the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP), he made a record 7 money finishes. Jump to: navigation, search The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. ...

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.

As of 2005, his live tournament winnings exceed $2,950,000. Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He is married to Aidilay, and has one son, Paul William (named after his grandfather.) He lives in Hollywood, California. He bought himself 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... The word Hebrew can variously mean: Hebrew, a Semitic language spoken mainly in Israel The ancient Hebrews, or their descendants the Jews The New Testament book Hebrews The term Hebrew is sometimes used by certain Christian groups to distinguish the Jews in ancient times (before the birth of Jesus) from...

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