Michael Mizrachi makes history by winning 2025 WSOP Main Event

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi won the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event on Wednesday, taking home $10 million and a WSOP gold bracelet after defeating John Wasnock heads-up at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Mizrachi made history by becoming the first player ever to win both the $50K Poker Players Championship and the Main Event in the same year. Many in the poker world are calling it the greatest achievement the game has seen.

This is the second time Mizrachi has pulled off a deep run in both events in the same year. He previously won the PPC and finished fifth in the Main Event in 2010.

Mizrachi's performance at this year’s final table was dominant. Starting the day with a large chip lead, he knocked out Kenny Hallaert and Braxton Dunaway in the first two hands. He continued applying pressure throughout the session and sealed his win with a final hand against Wasnock.

In that hand, Wasnock raised to five million from the button, and Mizrachi called. Both players checked a flop of ace of spades, nine of clubs, and seven of clubs. On the turn — the four of clubs — Mizrachi checked again, prompting a $10 million bet from Wasnock. Mizrachi responded with a raise to $30 million. Wasnock moved all-in for $70.5 million, and Mizrachi snap-called.

Wasnock showed ace of clubs and nine of diamonds for two pair. Mizrachi had ten and three of clubs for a flush. The river changed nothing. Wasnock was eliminated in second place and earned six million dollars.

After battling through a 9,735-player field and securing the diamond-encrusted Main Event bracelet, Mizrachi admitted he could barely process what was happening. “I couldn’t even see the cards," he said in an interview following his victory. "I thought he had the ace of clubs, then I thought he was drawing dead. And then they said, "no, he has two pair. I didn’t even realize that.”

The Main Event drew 9,735 and created a prize pool of over $90 million, making it the third-largest in WSOP history.

Leo Margets also made headlines by becoming the first woman to reach the final table of the Main Event since 1995. She finished seventh and won $1.5 million.