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After 8 grueling days of play, that began for some players back on July 2nd, the 2025 WSOP Main Event is down to the final table with the remaining 9 players all seeking the $10,000,000 prize for 1st place and the most coveted gold bracelet in poker.
History has already been made at the 2025 WSOP Main Event after Leo Margets of Spain became the first woman in the modern era of poker to make the main event final table. She is 1 of 4 international players remaining with 5 American players rounding out the final table.
Of the 9 remaining players, there is one overwhelming favorite to win it all, in my humble opinion: The Grinder.
The 2025 World Series Of Poker Final Table Is Set
Sitting in seat 5 with 93,000,000 in chips (58bb) is the most accomplished player at the final table by a mile. By no means does that mean he is guaranteed to win, of course, but the other players know they will be facing one of the best players in poker when play resumes on Tuesday.
Earlier this Summer, I wrote an article about the 17 greatest WSOP players in history. At that time I had Michael Mizrachi aka ‘The Grinder’ ranked 12th and I already need to update that article because Michael Mizrachi won another bracelet, the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, his 4th time winning that coveted championship.
Mizrachi has, against all odds, been able to navigate the field of 9,735 players who each forked over the $10K entry for a total prize pool of $92,579,850 with 1,461 of 9,735 players getting paid.
Today (Monday) is an off day after Day 8 of the WSOP Main Event. Play resumes tomorrow and the chip stacks are as follows:
Seat 1: Leo Margets 🇪🇸 53,400,000 (33bb)
Seat 2: Kenny Hallaert 🇧🇪 80,500,000 (50bb)
Seat 3: Braxton Dunaway 🇺🇸 91,900,000 (57bb)
Seat 4: John Wasnock 🇺🇸 108,100,000 (68bb)
Seat 5: Michael Mizrachi 🇺🇸 93,000,000 (58bb)
Seat 6: Daehyung Lee 🇰🇷 34,900,000 (22bb)
Seat 7: Luka Bojovic 🇷🇸 51,000,000 (32bb)
Seat 8: Adam Hendrix 🇺🇸 48,000,000 (30bb)
Seat 9: Jarod Minghini 🇺🇸 23,600,000 (15bb)
Everyone Rooting For The Grinder
When play resumes picks back up tomorrow, all eyes will be on Michael Mizrachi to win the 2025 WSOP Main Event.
He has 103 World Series of Poker cashes, has made 27 final tables (145th all time), and has won 7 WSOP gold bracelets which ranks in a tie for the 7th most of any poker player in history.
Not only is he one of the most accomplished WSOP players of all time he’s also very much in his prime right now, having just won the $50K Poker Player’s Championship for a record 4th time.
What’s even more wild is on Day 8 of the WSOP Main Event The Grinder was down to just 2 BBs before rebounding and fighting all the way back to the 2nd largest chip stack. Here he is on the ropes in the first hand in this replay from PokerGo:
Experience Matters, But Anything Can Happen
There will be a lot of spectators pulling for Leo Margets to win, the first woman to make the WSOP Main Event final table in 30 years:
History made. @LeoMargets becomes the first woman in the modern era to make a WSOP Main Event final table pic.twitter.com/JynE9U1kZJ
— Jeff Platt (@jeffplatt) July 14, 2025
Ultimately though, the cards will dictate the results. One player cannot bully, needle, or bluff their way to the 2025 WSOP Main Event title. They will need to have at least some cards to look at and pick favorable positions to exploit.
The latter is where The Grinder can and should dominate the field. He has more WSOP final table experience than the rest of the 8 players by a mile.
At this point, it is his tournament to lose but that also means the weight of the poker world is his shoulders. Every poker pro in Las Vegas is rooting for Mizrachi to win it all. Seeing a pro’s pro take down the main event with the largest field in poker is something everyone would love to see, only raising the pressure and expectations on Michael Mizrachi.
The final 9 players of the 2025 WSOP Main Event return tomorrow after getting a much-needed rest day today and the final table will play out over Tuesday and Wednesday. It can be streamed live on PokerGo.com for anyone out there who wants to watch!