Michael Mizrachi Makes History with Fourth $50K PPC Title at 2025 WSOP
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Michael Mizrachi has once again raised the bar in what can be argued as poker’s most prestigious event.
Already sharing the record for most $50,000 Poker Players Championship victories with Brian Rast, Mizrachi now stands alone after capturing his historic fourth title on Saturday at the 2025 World Series of Poker. "The Grinder" conquered the 107-entry field, earning $1,331,322 from the $5,162,750 prize pool and further cementing his legacy as the event's most dominant force.
The now seven-time bracelet winner previously won the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy in 2010, 2012, and 2018. But with this latest victory, Mizrachi has separated himself as the only four-time PPC champion, an achievement many consider one of the rarest and most difficult in tournament poker.
It was pure domination from start to finish for Mizrachi, knocking out five of the seven returning players inside Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
All-Time Money List leader Bryn Kenney fell short in his bid to stop Mizrachi, finishing runner-up for $887,542, while Esther Taylor made history by placing third for $595,136, the deepest run ever by a woman in the PPC, surpassing Melissa Burr’s seventh-place finish from 2014.
2025 PPC Final Table Results
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | $1,331,322 |
| 2 | Bryn Kenney | United States | $887,542 |
| 3 | Esther Taylor | United States | $595,136 |
| 4 | Andrew Yeh | United States | $413,740 |
| 5 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | $298,614 |
| 6 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | $224,077 |
| 7 | Ben Lamb | United States | $175,096 |
Mizrachi Eyes Fifth Title and the Hall of Fame
Mizrachi was quick to admit that this latest victory may have been his most complete performance yet.
“I probably played better than the last three I won,” he reflected. “Everything went my way this tournament. I was always at the top of the leaderboard, never really got short, and probably played my best overall.”
Everything went my way this tournament. I was always at the top of the leaderboard, never really got short, and probably played my best overall
Rast captured his third Poker Players Championship title in 2023 and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame the following year, a timeline Mizrachi now hopes to follow. As he sealed his record-breaking fourth PPC crown, chants of “Hall of Fame” echoed from the rail inside the Horseshoe.
“Yeah, if I win the fifth one, maybe,” Mizrachi joked. “No, I’m kidding. But this is quite an accomplishment, and I hope so. Hopefully, next year I get inducted too.”
The competitive fire still burns, though, with Mizrachi not content to stop at four.
“Brian, I’ve got one more, you’ve got to catch up now - I’m going for number five!”
Final Day Action
Mizrachi's bid for an unprecedented fourth PPC title couldn’t have started much better, as he eliminated the first three players of the day within the opening level.
First to fall was Ben Lamb, who bowed out in seventh place on the opening hand after his low draw bricked in Stud Hi-Lo against Mizrachi and Albert Daher. Mizrachi scooped the more than five million chip pot with a flush to climb up the counts, while Daher was left on fumes. Despite a brief rally, Daher couldn’t recover. A huge clash in 2-7 Triple Draw with Taylor left him with less than a big bet, and Mizrachi finished the job soon after, his sixes holding in a flip against the high-stakes cash game player in No-Limit Hold'em.
Mizrachi's momentum didn’t slow there. In the same orbit, he bluffed $100,000 High Roller champion Joao Vieira off top pair with just four-high, giving himself nearly half the chips in play. The pair tangled again moments later in Stud, where Mizrachi made another flush to leave Vieira on fumes. Those last few chips found their way into Mizrachi's stack the following hand, completing a clean sweep of eliminations in the first level of the day.
Mizrachi's dominance persisted into the second level, where he downed Andrew Yeh in Pot-Limit Omaha, setting up three-handed play against Taylor and Kenney, who was rooted to the bottom of the counts.
Taylor looked poised to become the first female player to reach heads-up in the PPC, but Kenney mounted a comeback with doubles through her in Stud, Omaha Hi-Lo, and Limit Hold’em. The final blow came in No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw, where Kenney made a wheel to crack her pat-nine and eliminate Taylor in third.
Mizrachi had one hand on the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy heading into heads-up play with a commanding 15:1 chip lead. Kenney never came close to overturning the deficit, and it wasn’t long before Mizrachi etched his name in the poker history books once again.
All Poker Players Championship Winners
| Year | Event Name | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Second |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 107 | Michael Mizrachi | $1,331,322 | Bryn Kenney |
| 2024 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 89 | Daniel Negreanu | $1,178,703 | Bryce Yockey |
| 2023 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 99 | Brian Rast | $1,324,747 | Talal Shakerchi |
| 2022 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 112 | Dan Cates | $1,449,103 | Yuri Dzivielevski |
| 2021 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 63 | Dan Cates | $954,020 | Ryan Leng |
| 2019 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 74 | Phil Hui | $1,099,311 | Josh Arieh |
| 2018 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 87 | Michael Mizrachi | $1,239,126 | John Hennigan |
| 2017 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 100 | Elior Sion | $1,395,767 | Johannes Becker |
| 2016 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 91 | Brian Rast | $1,296,097 | Justin Bonomo |
| 2015 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 84 | Mike Gorodinsky | $1,270,086 | Jean-Robert Bellande |
| 2014 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 102 | John Hennigan | $1,517,767 | Brandon Shack-Harris |
| 2013 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 132 | Matthew Ashton | $1,774,089 | Don Nguyen |
| 2012 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 108 | Michael Mizrachi | $1,451,527 | Chris Klodnicki |
| 2011 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 128 | Brian Rast | $1,720,328 | Phil Hellmuth |
| 2010 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 116 | Michael Mizrachi | $1,559,046 | Vladimir Shchemelev |
| 2009 | $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. | 95 | David Bach | $1,276,802 | John Hanson |
| 2008 | $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. | 148 | Scotty Nguyen | $1,989,120 | Michael DeMichele |
| 2007 | $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. | 148 | Freddy Deeb | $2,276,832 | Bruno Fitoussi |
| 2006 | $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. | 143 | David "Chip" Reese | $1,716,000 | Andy Bloch |
In this Series
- 1 Who Won $64K and the First 2025 WSOP Bracelet?
- 2 David Shmuel Wins First WSOP Bracelet in Omaha Hi-Lo for $205,333!
- 3 Furth Wins Second WSOP Bracelet; Denies Kabrhel in $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
- 4 GTO Study Sees Antonio Galiana Win Second WSOP Bracelet in $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
- 5 Persistence Pays Off: Dan Heimiller Wins $1,500 Seven Card Stud for Third WSOP Bracelet
- 6 Artur Martirosian Wins WSOP $25,000 Heads Up Championship ($500,000)
- 7 Benny Glaser Adds to His Legacy With Bracelet No. 6 in Event #8: $1,500 Dealers Choice
- 8 Michael Wilklow: Once a Mystery, Now a Millionaire (and WSOP Bracelet Winner)
- 9 Kenneth Kim Storms Back to Win His First WSOP Bracelet
- 10 Father-Son WSOP Bracelet Duo Made as Yosef Fox Wins $10,000 Mystery Bounty
- 11 Five Bracelets in Five Years: Brad Ruben Wins the $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw ($138,080)
- 12 Ryan Bambrick Denies Daniel Negreanu to Claim Second WSOP Bracelet
- 13 Christopher Staats Denies David Jackson in WSOP $1,500 6-Handed NLH for $414,950
- 14 Corey Thompson Nearly Wins Two WSOP Online Bracelets Right Off the Bat
- 15 Cristian Gutierrez Wins $600 PLO Deepstack For His First Bracelet and $193,780
- 16 Lou Garza Mounts Memorable Heads-Up Comeback to Clinch Second WSOP Bracelet
- 17 Benny Glaser Goes Back-to-Back (Again) for 7th Bracelet in $1,500 Mixed
- 18 Zachary Zaret Overcomes Stacked Final Table to Win First Bracelet
- 19 Michael Lavin Steamrolls the Competition on Way to a Second WSOP Bracelet
- 20 Ryan Hoenig Goes Wire-to-Wire to Win Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship
- 21 Bohlman's Breakthrough: Mixed Game Vet Wins 2nd Bracelet in $2,000 NLH ($436,044)
- 22 Blaz Zerjav Wins Maiden WSOP Bracelet in $25,000 6-Handed High Roller
- 23 Aloisio Dourado Claims Redemption with First WSOP Bracelet in Record-Breaking Badugi Event
- 24 Mixed Game Maestro Xixiang Luo Bags $290,400 and Third WSOP Bracelet
- 25 Nick Guagenti Crushes Chino Rheem’s Triple Crown Bid in $10K Stud Victory
- 26 Beginner's Luck? Surely Not. Chang Lee Wins $25,000 High Roller ($1,949,044)
- 27 Penalized Poker Player Wins WSOP Bracelet Despite Color Up Controversy
- 28 LA Poker Player Outlasts 16,300 Opponents to Win 2025 WSOP's Colossus
- 29 Igor Zektser Scoops His First Bracelet in Event #27: $1,500 Big O
- 30 A Few Cocktails on the Road to First WSOP Bracelet for Mark Darner
- 31 Rising New Jersey Poker Star Captures First WSOP Bracelet
- 32 Jason Koon Moves to Third on All-Time Money List w/ WSOP $50,000 High Roller Win
- 33 Toy Charizard, Pink Slipper Carry Canadian Family Man to WSOP Victory
- 34 Nick Schulman Joins Poker's Immortals With Bracelet No. 7 in the $10K 2-7 Championship
- 35 Ukraine's Renat Bohdanov Spikes Gutshot to Win Second WSOP Bracelet
- 36 John Racener Claims Third WSOP Bracelet For His Third Son
- 37 Philip Sternheimer Tears Up After Ending 13 Year Bracelet Chase
- 38 Joao Vieira Avenges WSOP Paradise Loss to Win WSOP $100K High Roller ($2,649,158)
- 39 Andrey Zhigalov Wheels In Second Bracelet in Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. ($197,923)
- 40 Ian Johns Slays 'Isildur1' to Win WSOP Limit Hold'em Championship for a Second Time
- 41 Fourth Bracelet & $647K for Seniors High Roller Champ David "ODB" Baker
- 42 Carlos Leiva Defeats Weisman on Way to Winning WSOP $1,000 PLO Bracelet Event
- 43 A Father's Day Special: Allan Le Denies Shaun Deeb in $1,500 Razz
- 44 Seth Davies Wins $250K WSOP Super High Roller for First Bracelet and $4.75M Score
- 45 V for Vongxaiburana as 'Hobby' Player Beats Pros to $10k Big O Bracelet
- 46 Hellmuth Denied as Jason Daly Wins Second Bracelet in $2,500 Omaha/Stud Hi-Lo
- 47 Joey Couden Wins Second Bracelet in $500 SALUTE to Warriors ($187,937)
- 48 Tyler Patterson Grabs Second Bracelet in $3K 6-Handed NLHE for $574K
- 49 Klemens Roiter Finishes the Job for First Bracelet in Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK
- 50 Brian Rast in Seventh Heaven w/ Miraculous Comeback in WSOP $10k Razz Championship
- 51 Texan Punches Ticket to WSOP Main Event with $1.5K Freezeout Bracelet Win
- 52 Dennis Weiss Claims Victory in $25K PLO High Roller for $2,292,155
- 53 After 3 Runner-Ups, Matt Vengrin Finally Gets His WSOP Bracelet in $1.5K PLO
- 54 Mateos Makes History as 5th Youngest to Win 5 WSOP Bracelets
- 55 Emotional Kristopher Tong Uses Inspiration to Capture First WSOP Bracelet
- 56 Brett Lim to Sail Off into the Sunset After Senior's Championship Win
- 57 Benny Glaser Wins Three WSOP Bracelets in Three Weeks w/ Mixed Triple Draw Triumph
- 58 Dylan Linde Takes Down the $50k PLO High Roller for Third Bracelet and Career-Best Score
- 59 Welshman Wells Roars to Victory in $3K 9-Game Mix for Maiden Bracelet
- 60 Sebastiaan de Jonge the Sole Survivor in WSOP Battle of the Ages
- 61 Gavrieli Denies Bohlman Second Bracelet of the Summer in $3K Limit Hold'em
- 62 Craig Savage Bides His Time to Triumph in WSOP $500 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout
- 63 Yaginuma Overturns 9:1 Deficit to Win Millionaire Maker & 4th Bracelet
- 64 It's Déjà Vu as Aaron Cummings Goes Back-to-Back in $1,500 2-7 Triple Draw
- 65 Nedelcu Dominates Final Table to Win First Bracelet in $1,500 Eight Game Mix
- 66 Queen of the Felt: Shiina Okamoto Wins Back-to-Back WSOP Ladies Championships
- 67 Michael Mizrachi Makes History with Fourth $50K PPC Title at 2025 WSOP
- 68 Yilong Wang "Lucky Enough" To Win Bracelet In $3k No Limit Hold'em
- 69 Runs In the Family: Alex Wilkinson Finally Wins The $10k 2-7 TD Event
- 70 Rainer Kempe Speedruns First Bracelet In $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty
- 71 Zerjav Wins Second Bracelet of Summer as Huck Seed Narrowly Misses Out
- 72 Brazil’s Kerber & Patricio Win WSOP Tag Team Bracelet After 14-Year Journey
- 73 Andjelko Andrejevic Wins Maiden Bracelet in $5,000 6-Handed NLH ($855,515)
- 74 Lucky Eight for Lonny Weitzel as He Wins $1,000 Super Seniors Event
- 75 Ian Pelz Wins Gladiator Off One Hungover Bullet ($420,680)
- 76 Negreanu Denied as Aaron Kupin Wins First Bracelet in Mixed Big Bet
- 77 Michael Wang Completes One of WSOP’s Greatest Comebacks in $10K PLO
- 78 Just Like That! Martin Kabrhel Wins Fourth Bracelet in Mini Main Event
- 79 Qinghai 'The Terminator' Pan Comes Back for Extra Day & Wins $10K Stud Hi-Lo Championship
- 80 Shaun Deeb Wins Seventh WSOP Bracelet; Overtakes Player of the Year Lead
- 81 Fireworks in Las Vegas as Nick Ahmadi Wins PokerNews Deepstack Championship For $302,165
- 82 Mike Gorodinsky Wins Fifth WSOP Bracelet in $10K 8-Game Championship
- 83 Backgammon Pro Zdenek Zizka Denies Shaun Deeb Eighth Bracelet
- 84 WSOP Glory at Last: PokerGO Founder Cary Katz Wins $2,500 NLH Freezeout
- 85 Giuseppe Zarbo Wins $504,180 For $800 Summer Celebration Victory
- 86 "A Win with the Help of God" for Netanel Stern in Event #87: $5,000 Super Turbo Bounty ($618,377)
- 87 No Leaks in Fawcett's Game After WSOP Ultra Stack Triumph
- 88 Ferenc Deak Keeps Promise to Son With $1K PLO Mystery Bounty Bracelet Win
- 89 Slow and Steady, Khoi Le Nguyen Wins WSOP $50,000 High Roller
- 90 Kasparas Klezys Claims His First WSOP Bracelet in 6-Handed $1,500 PLO
- 91 Ian O’Hara Turns Up the Heat to Capture First WSOP Bracelet in Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship
- 92 Ryutaro Suzuki Ends Summer Grind With Victory in $3,000 T.O.R.S.E.
- 93 Joshua Boulton Bags Bracelet Before Boarding Flight Home With $311,349
- 94 Legends Never Fold: Nelson Mari Sanchez Strikes Gold in WSOP $777 Lucky 7’s
- 95 Mariano Balfagon Hits The Big Time Winning First WSOP Bracelet in $800 Deepstack for $252,386
- 96 Sam Soverel’s Speedy Sweep Secures Third Bracelet in $10k NLHE 6-Hand
- 97 Chad Eveslage Claims Fourth Bracelet in the $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.
- 98 Andrew Ostapchenko Wins Event #99: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $606,849
- 99 Lukas Zaskodny Wins Second Bracelet in the $1,500 The Closer Event
- 100 Mitchell Hynam Wins First Bracelet in Final Event of 2025 World Series of Poker
