Michael Binger

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Michael Binger
Michael Binger at the 2006 World Series of Poker
Nickname(s)	The Machine
Hometown	Atherton, California
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	None
Money finishes	10
Highest ITM main event finish	3rd, 2006
World Poker Tour
Titles	None
Final tables	None
Money finishes	4

Michael Binger (born December 20, 1976 in Delray Beach, Florida) is a part-time professional poker player, based in Atherton, California.

Binger graduated from North Carolina State University before receiving a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Stanford University in 2006. Just two months after receiving his PhD, he outlasted almost 8,800 players in the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 No limit Texas Hold'em Main Event, finishing third and earning $4,123,310. Binger had reached a final table earlier in that year's WSOP, finishing sixth.

Since the 2006 WSOP, Binger has finished in the money of four World Poker Tour events. At the 2007 WSOP, Binger tied Phil Hellmuth and Humberto Brenes for most cashes of any player in a single World Series of Poker season with eight. This included a final table appearance in Event 22 a $5,000 buy-in No limit Texas Hold'em tournament (finishing 3rd) won by James Mackey. His brother Nick Binger also played in the WSOP this year.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $5,400,000.