Brian Rast and Mizrachi have both held three PPC titles, but Mizrachi's latest victory broke the tie and made him the only winner of the famous mixed games tournament.
He has previously won three times in 2010, 2012 and 2018. “I've been lucky enough to get good hands a few times, but this is probably the best poker I've ever played in a $50,000 tournament.”
With this win, Mizrachi now has seven WSOP titles. He has won four PPC tournaments, as well as the 2011 WSOP Europe Split Format tournament, the 2019 $1,500 Stud Eight-or-Better tournament and the 2024 WSOP Online $888 NLHE tournament.
Mizrachi has won more than $19 million in live tournaments to date, including two World Poker Tour titles.
The road to victory
Many people consider the PPC to be the most challenging tournament in poker because it combines different types of play into one long battle. the 2025 tournament had a prize pool of $5.16 million. The prize money for the 202020 was USD 16,16 million, which was divided among the top 17 players.
Mizrachi reached the final table with a huge chip advantage, beating a host of top players and mixed game experts.
at the start of Day 5, there were still seven players remaining. Mizrachi defeated two-time bracelet winner Ben Lamb in the first game of Stud Eight-or-Better.
Mizrachi's flop and 8-low knocked Lamb into seventh place for $175,096. Lamb had four cards to make the lowest hand, but was unable to do so.
Shortly afterwards, Esther Taylor made history. Lamb's elimination made her the best-performing woman in PPC history, bettering Melissa Burr's seventh place finish in 2014.
She stepped up her game when she defeated Albert Daher in a big pot of triple-draw and then beat him in no-limit hold 'em with pocket sixes against his K-J. Daher finished sixth for $224,077.
Vieira and Yeh lose, Mizrachi dominates
Four-time bracelet winner Joao Vieira of Portugal made the final table with a small chip stack and lost to a terrible Stud hand. Mizrachi picked up aces to beat the improving hands of Vieira and Bryn Kenney. Vieira received $298,614 for her efforts.
In PLO, Andrew Yeh, a talented mixed game player, lost a three-player pot to Mizrachi and Taylor. Yeh's queens and sevens simply could not match Mizrachi's aces.
Mizrachi got even more chips and Yeh was sent home in fourth place with $413,740.
Taylor makes history, Kenney fails
Mizrachi kept the pressure on during the three-player game. Bryn Kenney managed to double his chip stack against Taylor in limit hold 'em and then closed out the match with a decisive win in deuce-to-seven single draw.
With a perfect 9-8-6-4-2, Taylor pushed, but Kenney responded with a draw and hit one of his few outs, eliminating Taylor in third place with a perfect 7-6-5-4-2.
Taylor took home $595,136, the best result of her career to date. In an emotional post-game interview, she said she wants to encourage more women to join the mixed-game scene.
Heads-Up Showdown: Mizrachi v Kenney
Mizrachi won the heads-up match. He had 29.9 million chips, which is approximately 93% of the total chips in play. Kenney had only 2.1 million. Kenney tried to win more chips in a triple-draw deuce-to-seven game.
Kenney had a powerful 9-7-6-5-2 in the last hand, but Mizrachi, who drew 10-6-5-4-2, checked and raised. Kenney was having a hard time and decided to fold.
He was unlucky and made a pair with his deuce, resulting in a second place finish and a win of $887,542.
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. Four-time @WSOP $50K PPC champion. pic.twitter.com/YaMcfWEH3I
– PokerGO (@PokerGO) June 29, 2025
Final Results – 2025 WSOP $50K PPC
| Venue | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Michael Mizrachi | $1,331,322 |
| 2 | Bryn Kenney | $887,542 |
| 3 | Esther Taylor | $595,136 |
| 4 | Andrew Yeh | $413,740 |
| 5 | Joao Vieira | $298,614 |
| 6 | Albert Daher | $224,077 |
| 7 | Ben Lamb | $175,096 |
