June 27-29, 2026
Days since Michael Mizrachi won the Poker Players Championship on June 28, 2025.
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1ST
Michael Mizrachi
$1,350,203
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2ND
Zarvan Tumboli
$900,088
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3RD
Michael Hahn
$627,832
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4TH
Martin Zamani
$445,080
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5TH
Ian Matakis
$320,763
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6TH
Raj Vohra
$235,073
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7TH
Jesse Lonis
$175,233
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8TH
Toby Joyce
$123,908
Michael Mizrachi locked up his ninth WSOP bracelet in just under three hours of play on Monday, but it wasn't supposed to take that long.
"They took away from my dinner plans a little bit," Mizrachi told us. "I thought it would take about 44 minutes."
Almost everyone else did, too, after Mizrachi bagged 80% of the chips in the $10K PLO Championship on Sunday night with three players remaining. But Michael Hahn and Zarvan Tumboli refused to be a footnote in history at Monday's finale — at least for a few hours.
"It was a tough tournament, but it was fun," he said. "I don't think I ever had a tournament where I was chip leader the whole way through from day one to the end."
Throughout the final table, Mizrachi enjoyed his usual rail of strong support from his friends and family, with just about everyone in the Mizrachi lineup making an appearance.
"My mother is here, a lot of close friends, my brothers, and my father is on FaceTime with my brother. They're actually in Vegas for my niece's six-month birthday. So they're all at the house down the street. But yeah, my friends and family give me all the support I need. And it pushed me to work harder and play my best."
Never a doubt
Mizrachi went wire-to-wire after he bagged the chip lead on Days 1, 2, and 3. He would run into a small amount of trouble on the final day, but he never gave up the lead. What was supposed to be a 44-minute WSOP bracelet before dinner turned into three hours.
Tumboli doubled early, and Hahn faded into third, setting up a heads-up confrontation between the Indian pro and the reigning World Champion. It wasn't the splattering we saw at last year's Main Event final table, but Mizrachi would eventually prevail.
"I like the challenge anyway. At least I got more time to play. And it's a learning experience, you know? It was fun."
This is Mizrachi's first PLO bracelet, and the result of an increased focus on the game.
"Before last year, I only played PLO for a year straight, just cash, no tournaments. Then it went off last year, and now, I guess all that experience. I played PLO for my whole life, but I think I gained a lot of knowledge just playing five, six days a week and just getting better."
It's a lot different than cash games, Mizrachi says. "I know when to apply the pressure, when to put the brakes on, when to go fast forward."
Michael Mizrachi's nine WSOP bracelets
- 2010 PPC - $1,559,046
- 2011 WSOPE €10K Split-Format - €336,008
- 2012 PPC - $1,451,527
- 2018 PPC - $1,239,126
- 2019 $1,500 Stud 8 - $142,801
- 2024 Online Crazy 8s - $108,815
- 2025 PPC - $1,331,322
- 2025 Main Event - $10,000,000
- 2026 $10K PLO - $1,350,203
Mizrachi will return to defend his Main Event title next week when the Big One kicks off on July 2.
Images courtesy of WSOP.
