{"id":4899,"date":"2026-04-06T11:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:05:54","slug":"daniel-negreanu-vs-michael-mizrachi-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/daniel-negreanu-vs-michael-mizrachi-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"The inside story of the conflict between Daniel Negreanu and Michael Mizrachi has been revealed: Did the two poker stars almost come to blows?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Michael
Footage of Michael Mizrachi's interview on the National Heads-Up Poker Championship program.<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Daniel Negreanu vs Michael Mizrachi<\/strong><\/span> The story is not just a duel between two Poker Hall of Famers, but also a classic tale of a near-real-life confrontation that escalated from an online conflict. The two Hall of Famers are now on friendly terms, but you might not know that when they first met, their on-table clash almost turned into a real-life confrontation.<\/p>

This story comes from the third episode of the fourth season of NBC's "National Heads-Up Poker Championship" in 2008, which is now available on the PokerGO platform. The show reveals a heated past between the two in online poker games.<\/p>

From online conflict to on-site showdown<\/strong><\/h4>

It was during the Diamond Bracket's final 64 competition, featuring a star-studded lineup including Doyle Brunson, Sammy Farha, Jason Alexander, Huck Seed, and Jennifer Tilly.<\/p>

One of the key matchups was between "Kid Poker" Daniel Negreanu and "The Grinder" Michael Mizrachi. In a pre-match interview, the two discussed their first meeting, revealing that it was actually quite "fierce" back then.<\/p>

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Daniel Negreanu's key all-in hand in the Heads-Up duel with Michael Mizrachi<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Negreanu said, "We had actually met at the final table before, but we really got to know each other under a very strange circumstance."<\/p>

Mizrachi added, "A long time ago we were playing cards on an online platform, and I eliminated him. I had a bit of luck with that hand, but it was just for fun at the time, and then the atmosphere got a little serious."<\/p>

Negreanu laughed and said, "I even said I was going to Las Vegas to see him, which was basically just trash talk."<\/p>

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Key hand footage from the Heads-Up duel between Michael Mizrachi and Daniel Negreanu.<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>

He then added humorously, "Luckily we didn't actually fight, because he's a bit bigger than me. But the battle will reignite at the poker table."<\/p>

Classic match: Mizrachi has the last laugh<\/strong><\/h4>

This duel ultimately did not escalate into an off-table conflict, but rather returned to the essence of poker \u2013 a contest at the poker table.<\/p>

In the later stages of the game, Negreanu went all-in with his last 3,700 chips, holding Q\u26654\u2665, while Mizrachi, in the big blind, only needed to add 600 chips and chose to call with the stronger Q\u266610\u2660.<\/p>

The flop came 10\u2666 A\u2665 4\u2660, giving both players a pair, but Mizrachi remained in the lead. The turn 3\u2660 and the river 3\u2663 did not change the situation, and Negreanu could not turn the tide.<\/p>

Finally, Negreanu smiled, shook hands with his opponent, and said, "It seems I can go now."<\/p>

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Footage of Daniel Negreanu and Michael Mizrachi's match at the National Heads-Up Poker Championship<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>

This duel not only became a classic, but also brought an end to the early conflict between the two poker stars. From online verbal sparring to a face-off at the poker table, it ultimately came down to skill and results.<\/p>

Today, the two have become important figures in the poker world, and this past has become one of the classic stories that fans love to talk about.<\/strong><\/p>

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Daniel Negreanu and Michael Mizrachi had a falling out over online poker games years ago, which almost escalated into a real-life confrontation. This article revisits the first encounter between the two Poker Hall of Famers and the story behind their classic heads-up match.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[324,1,327],"tags":[478,1433,1421,1434,422,365,1432,962,441],"class_list":["post-4899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-1","category-327","tag-daniel-negreanu","tag-heads-up-poker","tag-michael-mizrachi","tag-national-heads-up-poker-championship","tag-poker-hall-of-fame","tag-poker-news","tag-poker-rivalry","tag-pokergo","tag-texas-holdem-3"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4899"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4912,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899\/revisions\/4912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}