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#222 - With Michael Mizrachi AKA The Grinder - Hot Water’s Green Room w/Tony & Jamie

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Mizrachi says he skipped tournaments for a year, then came back and crushed the 2024 World Series.

1. Hot Water’s Green Room Podcast episode #222 centers on Michael Mizrachi, known as "The Grinder," talking poker, travel, and gambling culture. 2. Tony Carroll and Jamie Hutchinson host the episode, and Mizrachi is the guest because he is a World Series of Poker champion with eight bracelets. 3. The episode asks what life looks like for a top poker pro who moves between Miami, Vegas, Liverpool, and live cash games. 4. Mizrachi says he has spent the last seven months travelling non-stop, going "all over the world" and arriving in Liverpool after tequilas. 5. He names the Venetian Casino and GG Poker as parts of his work, and says he runs a 50-100 no-limit game on PokerGo Venetian Live. 6. Tony compares UK television to early gambling exposure, naming roulette, Babe Station, and poker on free channels. 7. Jamie adds that British kids learn gambling through bingo, 2P machines, bookies, and betting on "cockroach racing." 8. The conversation moves into Mizrachi’s childhood, where he says his family had slot machines and a roulette table in the house. 9. He tells a story about hitting a jackpot as a teenager and says his brother responded by pulling the plug and declaring "casino's closed." 10. Mizrachi says he used to go out seven nights a week in Vegas, and now he is down to four or five nights. 11. He describes Space in Miami as a place where he once fought five security guards and lost his phones. 12. Tony and Jamie bring up MDMA, toilet stories, and strip clubs, and Mizrachi keeps the conversation moving without changing his tone. 13. Mizrachi says he is more of a "lover, not a fighter," and that his real fighting happens at the poker table. 14. He explains that he folded for two hours in tournaments and still enjoyed the process, because the pressure feels like a type of zen. 15. He says he stayed in Miami for a year, played cash games six days a week, and then returned to the World Series and won again. 16. He also says he was late to a TV final table after being found in a strip club bathroom at nine in the morning. 17. The episode keeps a loose, jokey interview style, with Tony and Jamie interrupting each other and Mizrachi matching their pace. 18. The tone is chaotic but conversational, with gambling stories, club talk, and poker analysis all overlapping in the same room. 19. Listeners who like poker, gambling stories, and blunt comedy banter will get the most out of this episode. 20. Listeners looking for a structured poker strategy lesson probably should skip it.

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