Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi is a beast at the table, so now we gave him a ride to match! The Grinder talks about his crazy tournament ROI, whom he hates at the table, and how the other Mizrachi's are grinding along. Then he gets a nifty surprise at the end of this episode of 888ride.
Samuel Touil three-bet an open raise to 75,000 in a battle cutoff versus button and his opponent called to see a flop of 
. Action checked to Touil, who continued for 75,000 and was called. On the 
turn, the opponent of Touil check-called a shove for what seemed to be more than 500,000 and tabled pocket fours for a set.
Touil only had 
, but the 
river gave the Frenchman the winning flush.
In the next hand, fellow Frenchman Martial Blangenwitsch sent a short-stack to the rail with ace-jack versus king-queen.
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2,400,000
740,000
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740,000 |
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1,550,000
250,000
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250,000 |
These players earned $21,750 for their respective showings.
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After an early open to 20,000, Jake Schwartz three-bet to 54,000 in the next seat. Samy Boujmala made it 110,000 in the next seat, and action folded back to Schwartz, who called. They got to the turn after checking the flop with the board reading 
. Schwartz checked and Boujmala bet what looked like 78,000.
Schwartz counted out his stack and folded, and Boujmala showed the 
, getting a smile from his opponent.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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625,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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263,000
165,000
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165,000 |
With the board reading 
and a sizable amount in the pot, Joey Fabre bet 115,000 from the small blind and Eric Hicks called.
The 
fell on the river, Fabre checked, Hicks bet 425,000 and Fabre called.
Hick tabled 
, Fabre mucked and Hicks won the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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1,600,000
860,000
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860,000 |
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860,000
485,000
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485,000 |
Phil Ivey opened to 22,000 from middle position and Brian Altman three-bet to 75,000 in the hijack. The action folded back to Ivey who made the call to see a flop of 
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Ivey check-called a bet of 60,000 from Altman and the 
landed on the turn. Both players checked to the 
on the river and Ivey checked one more time. Altman stuck in a bet of 195,000 and Ivey check-raised all in for 629,000. Altman thought for over a minute and then made the call.
"Good call," Ivey said. Altman turned over 
and Ivey was unable to beat it. Ivey held and shipped the rest of his chips to Altman in the last hand before the dinner break.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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2,200,000
800,000
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800,000 |
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| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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2,500,000
130,000
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130,000 |
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1,980,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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1,565,000
215,000
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215,000 |
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1,360,000
820,000
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820,000 |
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1,200,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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1,060,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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960,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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922,000
573,000
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573,000 |
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350,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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345,000
215,000
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215,000 |
Ian Johns and Chino Rheem were heads-up on the 
board. Johns bet 60,000 into a main pot of about 135,000 and Rheem raised to 125,000.
Johns called and the river was the 
. Johns checked and Rheem slid out a stack of 325,000, covering Johns who had 290,000 behind. Johns went deep into the tank and, after about three minutes he announced "fold."
"Show me what you folded," said Rheem, and Johns turned over 
for bottom set. "I wasn't going to show you this Ian, but you're my friend and you showed a set."
Rheem then turned over his 
for the nut straight, assuring Johns that he indeed made the correct fold.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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2,950,000
560,000
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560,000 |
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290,000
155,000
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155,000 |
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3,282,000
18,000
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18,000 |
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2,870,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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2,535,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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2,360,000
610,000
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610,000 |
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2,267,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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2,250,000
850,000
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850,000 |
Two tables were still running, and on one of them, a pot of more than 700,000 had built by the river of a board 
. Timothy Dombowski had checked with around 160,000 remaining and Brian Borne pushed all in with the far superior stack.
After spending several minutes in the think tank — the dinner break was already underway for seven minutes — Dombowski called and Borne quickly turned over the 
. Dombowski wanted to muck, but as per all-in showdown rules, had to reveal the for a missed straight and flush draw, and inferior pair. He headed over to shake hands with Borne before collecting his payout, while Borne stacked the chips and added, "I am the rookie of the year."
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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1,530,000
1,144,000
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1,144,000 |
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