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2010 WSOP: Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi Wins The Poker Players Championship

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Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi outlasted the 116 top poker players who bought in for $50K to win The Pokers Players Championship in the 2010 World Series of Poker . They call it the Pokers Players Championship because it includes a variety of poker games - Seven Card Stud, Razz, 2-7 Triple Draw Low Ball, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo, Pot Limit Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Limit Hold'em and No Limit Hold'em - and certainly you have to be a poker master to play this tournament. Michael Mizrachi wins his first WSOP Bracelet, and $1.55 Million. Vladimir Schemelev of Russia was the runner-up and earned $963,375. David Oppenheim came in at third with $603,348 to his winnings. John Juanda finished fourth and earned $436,865. Robert Mizrachi, the older brother of Mike, finished at fifth and earned $341,429. David Baker finished sixth and won $272,275. Daniel Alaei finished seventh and won $221,105. Mikael Thuritz finished at eighth and won $182,463. Nick Schulman finished ninth and too...

2010 WSOP: Final Table Set For The Poker Players Championship

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Event # 2 of the 2010 World Series of Poker is called The Poker Players Championship , and has an impressive buy-in of $50,000. 116 entrants joined the event, which featured several types of poker games - Seven Card Razz, 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball , Limit Hold'em, No Limit Hold'em, Pot limit Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better, Seven Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better. Sounds confusing to you? Well, that's the reason why they call it The Poker Players Championship because only the real true poker players who are experts in these games have the balls and talent to play, especially with a $50K buyin. If you're going to sit in this event, then you better be a master of 8 kinds of poker games. Of the 116 entrants, 16 players made it into the money with the final table of the remaining 8 players to be played on 3PM June 2, 2010 PST at the Rio in Las Vegas for a first prize of $1.55 Million, the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy and a WSOP bracelet. Of the 8 hop...