One of poker’s most prolific grinders claimed another tournament title early Monday morning at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. Florida’s own Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi bested a field of 1,817 entries in the $130 buy-in April Big Stack Special earning $41,924 and a $1,100 seat in the process.
Mizrachi, whose victories include two $50,000 Poker Players Championship gold bracelet wins at the World Series of Poker, dominated the event claiming more than 22,000,000 of the 27,255,000 chips in play three-handed. A three-way chop saw Mizrachi take first outright while Robert Harris and Paulo Castro finished second and third respectively.
With more than 1,800 entries, the $100,000 guaranteed event easily surpassed its target before the prize pool settled in at $181,700. The top 108 players finished in the money with Paul Balzano and Elliott Zaydman among those joining Mizrachi in the money.
Next up at the Seminole Hard Rock is the $1,100 buy-in Big Slick April 28-30 ($100,000 guaranteed and $5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open seat added) followed by another Big Stack Special May 4-7.
LINK: Seminole Hard Rock Poker Calendar
Full April Big Stack Special results:
2017 April Big Stack Special
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
$130 No Limit Hold’em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,817
Prize Pool: $181,700
April 20-23, 2017
FINISH | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | PRIZE |
---|---|---|---|
1st | MICHAEL | MIZRACHI | $41,924 |
2nd | ROBERT | HARRIS | $20,781 |
3rd | PAULO | ALBUQUERQUE CASTRO | $20,781 |
4th | OLEKSIY | LYASHENKO | $11,447 |
5th | BRYAN | MUNOZ | $7,904 |
6th | DENNIS | RODRIGUEZ | $6,087 |
7th | RAFAEL | RODRIGUEZ ARANGO | $4,633 |
8th | ISMAIL | PATEL | $3,398 |
9th | CARLOS | HOSTOS MUSSO | $2,435 |
10th | DOLPHUS | BOWERS | $1,744 |
11th | AARON | CARDENAS | $1,744 |
12th | SIMON | BOYCE | $1,744 |
13th | RANDY | BURSTEIN | $1,363 |
14th | JORGE | RIVERA | $1,363 |
15th | YIGAL | HEN | $1,363 |
16th | IAN | MADURO | $1,145 |
17th | MATTHEW | MAGRO | $1,145 |
18th | MANUEL | SOLTERO LUNA | $1,145 |
19th | SETH | GILSON | $963 |
20th | GREGG | WEISS | $963 |
21st | JORGE | CUESTA | $963 |
22nd | MATAN | YEHUDAI | $963 |
23rd | MONTY | BERGER | $963 |
24th | RAFAEL | CALERO | $963 |
25th | RUDY | VAZQUEZ | $963 |
26th | ALBERTO | NIEBLA | $963 |
27th | PAUL | BALZANO | $963 |
28th | JOSE | ORDONEZ | $818 |
29th | ROBYN | MARSHMAN | $818 |
30th | MICHAEL | MONACO | $818 |
31st | NISSIM | GOZLAN | $818 |
32nd | MARCEL | MCGRAY | $818 |
33rd | JACQUES | ALABRE | $818 |
34th | SANDY | SANCHEZ | $818 |
35th | EDWARD | NOVAK | $818 |
36th | JUAN | FERRER | $818 |
37th | SEAN | PERRY | $690 |
38th | MATTHEW | KING | $690 |
39th | ROSANNA | DE LA ROSA | $690 |
40th | NESTOR | CARABALLO | $690 |
41st | NORMAN | ZAPCZYNSKI | $690 |
42nd | ROGELIO | PADILLA JR | $690 |
43rd | JACQUES | GRAVEL | $690 |
44th | JUAN | GARCIA | $690 |
45th | MICHAEL | EDDY | $690 |
46th | MIGUEL | MARTINEZ | $600 |
47th | MATTHEW | KUBA | $600 |
48th | ARIEL | QUINTANA | $600 |
49th | MATTHEW | KENNY | $600 |
50th | COSKUN | YALCIN | $600 |
51st | ROBERT | BILSKER | $600 |
52nd | ALBERT | STEVENS | $600 |
53rd | FREDERICO | SAVIO DABUS | $600 |
54th | JAMES | SWINTON | $600 |
55th | JEFFREY | GOODMAN | $527 |
56th | DANIEL | MIZRACHI | $527 |
57th | BARTOLOME | LINO MEDINA | $527 |
58th | ANTONIO | DE ARAUJO | $527 |
59th | AYCA | ERAKBAS | $527 |
60th | SCOTT | ZAKHEIM | $527 |
61st | EVAN | DOLLINGER | $527 |
62nd | CHRISTIAN | RODRIGUEZ | $527 |
63rd | ERROL | MASSEY | $527 |
64th | ANDREW | DILL | $472 |
65th | YUE | WANG | $472 |
66th | PASQUALE | CAIAZZA | $472 |
67th | ALFRED | GILLETTE | $472 |
68th | DAVID | NATHANIEL JR | $472 |
69th | LUIZ | LAMARDO NETO | $472 |
70th | ARI | LEVY | $472 |
71st | ALDO | ZUMAETA PINEDO | $472 |
72nd | JOHN | MAYERS | $472 |
73rd | LUIS | MANTILLA | $418 |
74th | NESLY | JEAN BAPTISTE | $418 |
75th | THOMAS | KAYLOR | $418 |
76th | MARTHA | RODRIGUEZ | $418 |
77th | ALAN | GOLD | $418 |
78th | CARLOS | CASTRO | $418 |
79th | LOUIS | LEO | $418 |
80th | JASON | LEET | $418 |
81st | ANTHONY | THOMAS | $418 |
82nd | WASHINGTON | GAVILANES | $382 |
83rd | CINDA | GOODALE | $382 |
84th | MATTHEW | KELLEY | $382 |
85th | JORDAN | STONE | $382 |
86th | ERIBERUTO | UEHARA | $382 |
87th | TOMISLAV | KRIZANIC | $382 |
88th | NELSON | CABRERA | $382 |
89th | MIGUEL | MUNOZ | $382 |
90th | ELLIOTT | ZAYDMAN | $382 |
91st | THOMAS | FARRELL | $345 |
92nd | KENNETH | BRUNO | $345 |
93rd | ALOK | SINHA | $345 |
94th | DESMOND | SUKIE | $345 |
95th | ROBERT | KESSLER | $345 |
96th | SLAVA | PARSHIN | $345 |
97th | ERIK | NOMBERG | $345 |
98th | MARTIN | ROBBINS | $345 |
99th | CARLOS | VASQUEZ | $345 |
100th | CUBA | LEVENBERRY | $291 |
101st | ROBERT | POGGIO JR | $291 |
102nd | STEVEN | CABAS | $291 |
103rd | HOLLANDER | PREAP | $291 |
104th | JIMMY | CORTES | $291 |
105th | ARMANDO | ROJAS | $291 |
106th | JOHN | STEVENSON | $291 |
107th | DAVID | REEDER | $291 |
108th | ARMANDO | CAMEJO | $291 |