Grinding to a Halt?

We reported earlier on some of the hands Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi had played and how he was aggressively chipping up. Things have certainly changed since then.

I arrived at his table to hear that he has just doubled up an opponent and taken a severe hit to his stack.

From playing nearly every hand earlier “The Grinder” suddenly had to slow down. I watched for the next twenty minutes as he folded hand after hand.

Faced with a raise to 2,000 from UTG+1 Mizrachi elected to call only for the button to make it 8,000. Would this be the hand where Mizrachi makes his move? UTG answered that by making it 26,000 and taking down the pot.

There was a slight chill in the tent on the pitch now and Mizratchi pulled his jacket on backwards to keep warm.

UTG+1 Mizrachi opened for 2,000 and was called by the active player next to him and the small blind. There was a dead big blind for this hand.

The flop was

Small blind checked and Mizrachi bet 5,000. The player to his left called and the small blind folded.

The on the turn prompted both players to check and the river brought the

With the board showing four hearts Mizrachi checked his cards for the first time since the flop was dealt. Did he see a heart there?
A 7,500 bet said to his opponent that he did, but he wasn’t convinced and called.

Mizrachi shrugged indicating that he for one didn’t have a heart, and his opponent tabled the