Sorel Mizzi
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Sorel Mizzi is a professional poker
Poker
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 player. Mizzi plays online poker
Online poker
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 under the names of "Imper1um" and "Zangbezan24". Mizzi has over $4,000,000 in poker winnings.

Poker

Mizzi's live tournament finishes include a tenth place at the September 2006 Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic for $29,800, and in April 2007, a third place at the 2007 Irish Poker Open
Irish Poker Open
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 where he earned $280,284. In 2008 Mizzi finished 2nd in the £5,000 – Pot Limit Omaha Event at the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe.

As of 2010, Mizzi's live tournament winnings exceed $3,500,000. Sorel is sponsored by betting company Titan Poker.

In late December 2010, Mizzi was named both 2010 BLUFF Player of the Year and 2010 PTPR Tournament Poker Player of the Year

World Poker Tour

At the World Poker Tour
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The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting the final table of each tournament. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who served as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that...

 Championship at the Bellagio
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 in 2007, Mizzi finished 15th, winning $154,705. At the 2007 World Series of Poker
2007 World Series of Poker
The 2007 World Series of Poker began on June 1, 2007. The $10,000 no-limit Texas hold 'em Main Event began on July 6 and was completed on the morning of July 18...

, Mizzi cashed three times, including 208th in the no limit Texas hold'em main event.

At the 2008 Five Diamond World Poker Classic, Mizzi won the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em event, earning $143,050.

Full Tilt Online Poker Series

On February 15, 2007, Mizzi padded his impressive online poker resume by winning Event #7 of FTOPS III
Full Tilt Online Poker Series
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, a $216 buy in No-Limit hold'em tournament. He won $90,384 for his first place finish.

It took only 3 more months for Mizzi to win his 2nd FTOPS title, taking home $40,972 for his victory in event #8 of FTOPS IV, a $216 buy in Pot-Limit Hold'em tournament. The win made Mizzi the 2nd player in FTOPS
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 history to win two events.

In 2011, Sorel Mizzi topped the FTOPS XX leaderboard after cashing in 17 of the series 45 events and earning 1,365 points.

Full Tilt Poker scandal

In December 2007, Mizzi admitted taking over from another location the account of his friend, Chris Vaughn, during the middle of a Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker
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 tournament. Mizzi went on to win the event but was disqualified, with first prize going to the original second place finisher. Mizzi apologized for his action

Titan Poker sponsorship

As of March, 2010, Sorel is sponsored by online poker room Titan Poker as the leader of their Pro Team.
During 2010 his major winnings include finishing 13th in the $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event of EPT Caribbean Adventure for $16,295 and fifth in the heads-up event for $17,600; a 3rd place at the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in January for $659K. second place in February at the L.A. Poker Classic’s $500 buy-in double stack event ($20,530) and sixth in the Classic’s $1,000 buy-in hold’em event ($9,210); 1st place at the Wynn Classic in the $2,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event for $85,147 and a fifth place in the $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em event for $10,389. Sorel then followed it up by securing his first victories as a Titan Team captain during EPT Snowfest by winning two side events (€1,000+€100 NLHE Freezeout and the €500+€50 rebuy tournament) for a total of $95K.

In April he finished 81st in the Main Event of NAPT Mohegan Sun for $8,500. Then he won 1st place for $170,000 at the Borgata Spring Poker Open's East Coast Championship in Atlantic City. Mizzi also took 6th place in the €25,000 buy-in EPT Monte Carlo High Roller Event for $190,000. He won a SCOOP title - $118,500 for 1st place in event #32, and a 2nd Place in the WPT High-Roller event (€20 000 buy-in) for €120 000.

External links

Sorel Mizzi - Official page on TitanPoker
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