Michael Mizrachi is on the verge of pulling off maybe the biggest achievement in World Series of Poker history. The popular player known as “The Grinder” is leading the WSOP Main Event with four players left holding nearly 75% of all the chips in play in the same summer he put his name on the Poker Players Championship trophy for a record FOURTH time.

And it sure seems that the poker Gods are on Mizrachi’s side, because he’s on a sun-run that will not be soon forgotten. He has repeatedly came back from behind in massive pots with his life on the line after he was down to less than two big blinds during the weekend, where the field would evaporate to the last nine players.

Jason Wasnock, Braxton Dunaway, and Kenny Hallaert are the three players trying to stand between Mizrachi and what seems to be his poker destiny. This is the second time Mizrachi made the Main Event’s final table in the same year he won the PPC (2010). That year he finished fifth in the Main. He’s going for his eighth WSOP bracelet.

Combined, they have 148 million in chips. Mizarchi has all the rest — 445,500,000. That’s 178 big blinds.

Hallaert, the Belgian pro who finished sixth in the 2016 Main Event, starts the final day with seven big blinds. Dunaway, an oil and gas man from Texas, sits with 10. Wasnock has the only real stack behind Mizrachi’s with nearly 38 big blinds, but he is also not only the oldest player left — something that matters in this poker marathon — but is the most inexperienced.

They are all guaranteed at least a $3 million cash, but the pay jumps are drastic. Third place pays $4 million, second $6 million, and $10 million goes to the winner.

The four remaining players return to the Horseshoe at 1:30 p.m. PT to finish the thing off.

Next stop Poker Hall of Fame?

At 44, Mizrachi has been eligible for the Poker Hall of Fame for four years, and while he’s appeared on the shortlist a few times, he was inexplicable left off this year.

Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth, both Poker Hall of Famers, are calling for the WSOP to wave next’s year’s rigamarole and induct Mizrachi into the club immediately.

In a video posted to Hellmuth’s X account, he stood with Negreanu, Mike Matusow, and PokerGo owner Cary Catz declaring their support to put Mizrachi in ASAP.

“We all agree that if Grinder wins tomorrow, he should snap go into the Hall of Fame, and Daniel and I are really pushing for this, right Daniel?”

“The guy should have been in there already,” Negreanu said. “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.”

“So this is what we’re going to do,” said Helmuth. “Daniel and I and almost everybody thinks he should just snap go into the Hall of Fame. It’s just really incredible what he’s pulled off.”

Living members of the Poker Hall of Fame do have a say who gets in. They distribute votes among the players who make the year’s shortlist, and the person with the most points gets in.

It wouldn’t be unpredicted in sports to induct a player without going through the usual channels. The NHL has inducted players immediately on retirement nine times, and the Poker Hall of Fame has inducted multiple players in a single year in the past, most recently in 2008.

If it’s good enough for Phil and Daniel, it’s good enough for us. Mizrachi should be in the Poker Hall of Fame by the end of today, no matter if he wins or not.