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Michael Mizrachi wins 2025 WSOP Main Event and Poker Players Championship in the same year, and he's also inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame!

In a year that will go down as one of the greatest in poker lore, Michael Mizrachi etched his name into the history books with a dominant wire-to-wire victory at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. With this monumental win, worth a staggering $10 million, Mizrachi didn't just capture the game's most coveted bracelet; he sealed his place in the Poker Hall of Fame and pulled off an accomplishment few ever dreamed possible.

Read more » Michael Mizrachi wins 2025 WSOP Main Event for $10 Million, also Inducted to Poker Hall of Fame

They don't call him "The Grinder" for nothing. Down to just two and a half big blinds with three tables left, Michael Mizrachi has clawed his way back in classic fashion. Now, with only four players standing between him and poker's most coveted title, he holds over three-quarters of the chips in play and is on the verge of writing his name into the World Series of Poker history books.

Read more » Michael Mizrachi on the Brink of Poker Immortality, Four left in 2025 WSOP Main Event

The drought is finally over. On Sunday night under the bright lights of poker's biggest stage, Leo Margets shattered a 30-year streak by becoming the first woman since Barbara Enright to reach the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table.

Back in 1995, Barbara Enright, now a Poker Hall of Famer, etched her name in history with a legendary fifth-place finish worth $114,180. For three decades, she stood alone as the only woman to ever reach poker's most exclusive final nine. That exclusive club now has a second member.

Read more » Leo Margets makes Final Table History - First Woman since 1995 to Reach WSOP Main Event's Elite Nine

Another year, another colossal showing at poker's crown jewel. The 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event officially closed registration Monday afternoon during Day 2d, locking in a staggering 9,735 entries - good for the third-largest field in the tournament's storied history dating back to 1970.

Read more » 2025 WSOP Main Event is Third Largest in History; $10M for First Place