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Michael "Grinder" Mizrachi is the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. Mizrachi topped the 9,735-entrant field to take home the $10,000,000 first-place prize and his eighth WSOP bracelet.
Mizrachi achieved the monumental feat of winning the two most prestigious events at this year's WSOP. He won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for an unprecedented fourth time, and then capped that with the Main Event win. Following his victory, members of the Poker Hall of Fame celebrated with Mizrachi and inducted him into the Poker Hall of Fame, joining Nick Schulman as 2025 inductees.
The final day of play would see four players return with Mizrachi holding 76% of the chips in play. On the first hand, Kenny Hallaert pushed all-in with ace-queen and Mizrachi called with king-jack. The jack on the turn ended Hallaert's run in fourth, and on the next hand, Braxton Dunaway departed. Dunaway called all-in from the big blind with ten-six suited to be against Mizrachi's ace-ten suited. Mizrachi flopped a straight and flush draw, and filled his flush on the river to send Dunaway out in third place.
Heads-up play began with Mizrachi holding a 491 million to 93.5 million chip advantage over John Wasnock. Wasnock chipped away at Mizrachi's lead, but a hand that saw both players flop top pair would play out where Mizrachi improved on the river with a runner-runner straight to see Wasnock drop to roughly 20 big blinds. Wasnock sniffed out a Mizrachi bluff before the final hand saw Wasnock raise the button and flop top two pair. Mizrachi defended his big blind with ten-three of clubs and flopped a flush draw. Both players checked through to see a club on the turn. The rest of the money went in, and when Wasnock was unable to improve to a full house, he was eliminated in second place, and Mizrachi was crowned the 2025 WSOP Main Event champion.
2025 WSOP Main Event Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | PGT Points |
| 1st | Michael Mizrachi | United States | $10,000,000 | 1,550 |
| 2nd | John Wasnock | United States | $6,000,000 | 1,350 |
| 3rd | Braxton Dunaway | United States | $4,000,000 | 1,250 |
| 4th | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | $3,000,000 | 1,200 |
| 5th | Luke Bojovic | Serbia | $2,400,000 | 1,150 |
| 6th | Adam Hendrix | United States | $1,900,000 | 1,125 |
| 7th | Leo Margets | Spain | $1,500,000 | 1,125 |
| 8th | Jarod Minghini | United States | $1,250,000 | 1,100 |
| 9th | Daehyung Lee | South Korea | $1,000,000 | 1,100 |
Mizrachi Moves to 1st on PGT Leaderboard
Winning the 2025 WSOP Main Event earned Mizrachi 1,550 PGT points, and when combined with his Poker Players Championship win, he soars into first place on the PGT leaderboard with 2,250 PGT points. He will still need one additional PGT cash this season to qualify for the PGT $1,000,000 Championship. Following his runner-up finish, John Wasnock is now seventh on the PGT leaderboard with 1,350 PGT points, while Braxton Dunaway sits ninth with 1,250 PGT points.
Kenny Hallaert is 14th overall with 1,200 PGT points, while Luke Bojovic sits 16th. Adam Hendrix's sixth-place finish was his fourth cash of the PGT season, and he is sixth on the PGT leaderboard with 1,503 PGT points. Leo Margets sits 18th, Jarod Minghini sits 20th, and Daehyung Lee is 21st.
At the end of the 2025 PGT season, the top 40 eligible players, as ranked by the PGT leaderboard, will receive entry into the season-ending PGT $1,000,000 Championship freeroll event. The 2025 PGT $1,000,000 Championship will award a $500,000 top prize. Previous winners include Jason Koon (2022), Daniel Smiljkovic (2023), and Jeremy Ausmus (2024).
| Rank | Player | PGT Points | Wins | Cashes | Winnings |
| 1st | Michael Mizrachi | 2,250 | 2 | 2 | $11,331,322 |
| 2nd | Alex Foxen | 2,132 | 2 | 17 | $5,227,098 |
| 3rd | Sam Soverel | 1,883 | 3 | 16 | $2,168,528 |
| 4th | Nick Schulman | 1,781 | 1 | 21 | $1,943,753 |
| 5th | Daniel Negreanu | 1,597 | 2 | 20 | $2,397,441 |
| 6th | Adam Hendrix | 1,503 | 1 | 4 | $2,302,532 |
| 7th | John Wasnock | 1,350 | 0 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 8th | Chino Rheem | 1,327 | 2 | 15 | $1,410,103 |
| 9th | Braxton Dunaway | 1,250 | 0 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 10th | Philip Sternheimer | 1,214 | 1 | 9 | $1,448,513 |
These are the leaderboard standings as of Wednesday, July 16, 2025. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.
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