He said “about an hour” when asked what it would take to win the World Series of Poker Main Event after accumulating 75% of the chips on Tuesday, but Michael Mizrachi was wrong — it took less.

As one of four players returning to the Horseshoe to finish the tournament, Mizrachi capped maybe the most dominate performance of a WSOP Main Event final table yesterday in less than an hour to become the 2025 WSOP Main Event champion.

He cashed $10 million and won his eighth bracelet.

Oh yeah, he was also inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame by WSOP Chief Executive Officer Ty Stewart after Daniel Negreanu, Phill Hellmuth and other pros called for his “snap” induction for pulling off one of the greatest achievements in WSOP history.

“Mizrachi has completed what might be the most impressive feat in poker history by winning the two most difficult tournaments to win in the same year,” said Stewart. “Welcome to the Gallery of Champions and welcome to the Poker Hall of Fame.”

Not only did “The Grinder” win the Main Event, he won the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship for a record fourth time in 2025.

Mizrachi entered the final day as a clear favorite, holding a whopping 178 blinds. Jason Wasnock, Braxton Dunaway, and Kenny Hallaert, the other three players who made it to the very last day of the Main Event, held a total of 55 between them.

Hallaert, who along with Mizrachi was sitting at his second Main Event final table, was eliminated by Mizrachi in the very first hand. As he done over and over during the final weekend, Mizrachi again came back from behind holding KJ against Hallaert’s AQ by spiking a jack on the turn, and that was it for the Belgian pro who came into the day with only seven big blinds. He won $3 million for fourth as the rest of the players made a $1 million pay jump.

The very next hand, Dunaway, who had 10 big blinds, made a move with T6 of hearts, but was called by Mizrachi and his ace-ten suited. Dunaway, a poker player in Texas who works in the oil and gas industry, was out in third for $4 million.

That left Mizrachi heads-up with Wasnock, a 50 year-old amateur from the Northwest who came into the final day with 38 big blinds. With one of the loudest and most boisterous rails being Mizrachi sensing the end was near, it soon happened after Mizrachi turned a flush after Wasnock flopped two pair. With no help on the river for Wasnock, the new champ was minted.

Wasnock has to be happy with his $6 million payday.

Mizrachi’s run to the Main Event title will go down as one of the more legendary performances at the WSOP and even the newest member of the Poker Hall of Fame has to admit that he got extremely lucky during the final handful of days of the Main Event where he came back from less than two blinds.

After his comeback, it started to feel a lot like poker serendipity for the 44 year-old from Florida. The biggest hand of the tournament came yesterday holding AK against Hallaert’s big stack and KK. An ace on the river changed the future for both players.

As Negreanu said yesterday when calling for his immediate admittance into the Poker Hall of Fame:

“The guy is a legend, an icon. He’s exactly what poker needs. A guy that proves you could have fun, enjoy the game, don’t take it too seriously, and dominate. And that’s what he’s been doing for decades.”