During the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and Martin Kabrhel were two of the biggest stars, but their stories never seemed to intersect. That changed on Wednesday night when the two characters battled it out in a $100/$200 no-limit hold’em cash game on Venetian Poker Live.
Others in the game included Eric Wasserson, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Brian Okin, just to name a few.
The Grinder was running a little late, but made it known he would be buying in for $25,000. Here’s how things stacked up at the start of the game, which was played $100/$200/$200 with Squid Game – each Squid being worth $300 – in effect.
| Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|
| Isaac | $30,000 | 150 BB |
| Kabrhel | $25,000 | 125 BB |
| Grinder | $25,000 | 125 BB |
| Royski | $25,000 | 125 BB |
| Okin | $25,000 | 125 BB |
| Wass | $25,000 | 125 BB |
| JRB | $20,000 | 100 BB |
In the first big pot of the night, Kabrhel looked down at the K♦K♣and just called $200 from the cutoff. Royski came along from the button with the 9♠6♦and Okin did the same with the 10♥7♦in the small blind. Wasserson checked his option from the big with the Q♥7♣, and it was four-way action to a flop of 10♦4♥3♦.
Three checks saw Royski bet $1,000, Okin called, and Wasserson got out of the way. Kabrhel then woke up with a check-raise to $4,800, Royski folded, and Okin called to see the 6♣on the turn. Okin checked and then called off for $19,600 when Kabrhel moved all in.
The duo only ran it once, and the 10♣spiked on the river to put a bad beat on Kabrhel, who became uncharacteristically silent, and gave Okin a pot worth $50,800.
Kabrhel was left with $1,500, but he proceeded to win the next four hands and spin it up to over $17,000. Not only that, he won three Squids worth $300 a pop in the process. Unfortunately, he went bust to Wass a short time later, leaving him to rebuy.
From there, the game welcomed the tardy Mizrachi and saw a multitude of low-to-mid five-figure pots as players looked to build stacks. During this time, Kabrhel continued to lose even more, spreading his chips around the table.
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Everyone was anxious to see a clash between the two superstars of the 2025 WSOP, and it finally happened in a six-way limped pot.
On a 2♠J♥9♣flop, Kabrhel checked his J♠10♣from the small blind, and Mizrachi did the same from the big with the J♦9♦. Royski then bet $600 with his K♣9♥middle pai,r and Bellande called with his Q♥8♦gutshot from the button. Kabrhel then check-raised to $5,100, Mizrachi jammed for $23,700, and both Royski and Bellande got out of the way.
Kabrhel called, and the two agreed to run it twice on the $50,000 pot. The 8♥turn on the first run gave Kabrhel an open-ended straight draw, but he missed when the K♠bricked on the turn.
The 8♣turn on the second made it the same scenario, but the 8♠river paired the board and missed Kabrhel for a second time. With that, Mizrachi doubled his stack through Kabrhel.
With several straddles on JRB called with the 9♦8♦and Kabrhel jammed for $24,900 with the Q♠8♠. Royski had the J♣10♣in the small blind and moved all in over the top for $29,900, and then Okin called to put both at risk after peeking down at the J♥J♦in the big blind.
The rest of the players, including JRB, got out of the way, and the three players in the hand agreed to run it twice.
The 3♠A♠2♥flop on the first gave Kabrhel a flush draw, but it was the Q♣on the turn that gave him the lead. The 8♣river changed nothing, and Kabrhel locked up half the pot.
On the second run, the 9♣2♣10♠flop was kind to Royski, and he turned the flush when the 7♣peeled off. The meaningless A♥was run out on the river, and Okin, who started with the best hand, watched Kabrhel and Royski chop the $87,000 pot.
In the largest pot up to that point, Mizrachi raised to $1,000 with the 5♣4♣and Isaac defended his big blind with the K♣9♥. JRB folded his $400 straddle, and it was heads-up action to a flop of J♣7♣A♣.
Isaac bet $2,000 with the nut-flush draw, and Grinder snap-raised to $9,000. Isaac responded by moving all in for $42,300, and Grinder called to create an $87,300 pot. There were only five clubs remaining in the deck, and Isaac was looking for one of them. He had four shots at it as the duo agreed to run it twice.
The 8♥turn and 2♦river on the first one were bricks for Isaac, and so were the 2♠turn and Q♥river on the second. Ship the entire $87,300 pot to Grinder!
Fittingly, it was Mizrachi and Kabrhel clashing in what turned out to be a $128,100 pot, the largest of the night. But instead of telling you about it, we thought we’d show you.
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When the game came to an end, Wasserson was the big winner, up $109,700, while Mizrachi wasn’t far behind with $94,600 in profit. Alex was the only other winner up $16,800. Meanwhile, Royski was the big loser, down $125,700, with Kabrhel the second biggest loser dropping $72,400.
| Player | Profit/Loss |
|---|---|
| Wasserson | +$109,700 |
| Grinder | +$94,600 |
| Alex | +$16,800 |
| Okin | -$21,600 |
| Isaac | -$34,900 |
| Kabrhel | -$72,400 |
| Royski | - $125,700 |
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