WSOP Coverage on ESPN Tonight Stars Michael Mizrachi

Michael Mizrachi is the star of the show on tonight’s WSOP coverage.

After a preview show last week to get the public’s appetite whetted, ESPN begins broadcasting its coverage of the 2010 World Series of Poker tonight – and November Niner Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi will be featured prominently. 

The first two episodes of 2010 WSOP coverage are devoted to the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, with the first hour documenting the first three days of the tournament and the second hour covering the final table. The tournament, which replaced the $50,000 HORSE tournament with an eight-game mix and a no-limit-only final table format, saw Mizrachi win his first WSOP gold bracelet and begin putting together an incredible string of results that earned him nearly $1.7 million. And even that impressive figure doesn’t include whatever money he ends up winning when the Main Event final table resumes in November – a Main Event win would boost his total take for the WSOP to nearly $10.7 million.

Joining the Grinder at the final eight on tonight’s ESPN coverage is his older brother Robert Mizrachi, making them only the second pair of brothers (after Ross and Barney Boatman) to make a final table together at the WSOP. The rest of the lineup includes a number of players who also had very good summers in Las Vegas, namely Vladimir Schemelev, John Juanda, David Baker and Daniel Alaei.

The first of a total of 31 ESPN episodes of the 2010 World Series of Poker with Lon McEachern and Norman Chad begins tonight at 8 p.m. ET. And if you miss it then – well, you can probably start watching your Michael Mizrachi reruns immediately on The Ocho.