- Sorel Mizzi
Infobox poker player
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firstname= Sorel
lastname= Mizzi
nickname= Imper1um, Zangbezan24
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hometown= Toronto, Ontario
wsop bracelet count= "None"
wsop money finishes= 4
wsop main event best finish rank= 208th
wsop main event best finish year=2007
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles= "None"
wpt final tables= "None"
wpt money finishes= 1
ept titles= "None"
ept final tables= "None"
ept money finishes= 2Sorel Mizzi (born
April 16 ,1986 inToronto ,Ontario ,Canada ) is a professionalpoker player. Mizzi playsonline poker under the names of "Imper1um" and "Zangbezan24". Mizzi has over $600,000 in online tournament winnings. [ [http://www.cardplayer.com/online-poker/players/1105 Cardplayer.com: Online player database] ]Poker
Mizzi 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 2007Irish Poker Open where he earned $280,284.As of 2008, Mizzi's live tournament winnings exceed $670,000. [ [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=74857 Hendon Mob Database] ] Sorel is sponsored by betting company
Betfair where he plays alongsideAnnette Obrestad andJohn Tabatabai World Poker Tour
At the
World Poker Tour Championship at theBellagio in 2007 Mizzi finished 15th, winning $154,705. At the2007 World Series of Poker , Mizzi cashed three times, including 208th in the no limitTexas hold'em main event.Account selling incident
In December 2007, Mizzi admitted involvement in an "account selling" incident where he took over from another location the account of another player, Chris Vaughn, during the middle of a
Full Tilt Poker tournament. Mizzi went on to win the event but was disqualified, with first prize going to the original second place finisher. [ [http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/12/online-poker-sorel-mizzi-chris-vaughn-speak-one.htm Pokernews.com: Chris Vaughn and Sorel 'Imper1um' Mizzi Speak, Part 1] ] Mizzi apologized for his action [ [http://betting.betfair.com/poker/imper1um/news/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-ftp-issues-100308.html Betfair.com: Setting the record straight on that FTP issue] ] , but both Vaughn and Mizzi are now barred from playing on Full Tilt Poker. [ [http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/12/online-poker-sorel-mizzi-chris-vaughn-speak-part-2.htm Pokernews.com: Chris Vaughn and Sorel 'Imper1um' Mizzi Speak, Part 2] ]Notes
External links
* [http://betting.betfair.com/poker/imper1um/ Official blog]
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