Sorel Mizzi

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Sorel Mizzi
Sorel Mizzi (2015)
Sorel Mizzi (2015)
  Personal information  
Date of birth April 16, 1986
place of birth CanadaCanada Toronto
Nicknames
0
zangbezan24PokerStars

Imper1umFull Tilt Poker & partypoker
place of residence CanadaCanada Toronto
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 2,073,868
Total prize money $ 12,678,915
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 47
Best main event 95th ( 2011 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 13
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 4th
  Main Event of party poker Live  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: January 27, 2020

Sorel Jay "Imper1um" Mizzi (born April 16, 1986 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a professional Canadian poker player . He was one of the most successful online tournament players in 2006 and 2007 and also topped the online poker world rankings during this time .

Poker career

On-line

Mizzi played online from July 2006 to May 2015 under the nicknames zangbezan24 ( PokerStars ) and Imper1um ( Full Tilt Poker and partypoker ) . He won in tournaments over 3.5 million US dollars . His biggest win came in mid-May 2015 when he won a Spring Championship of Online Poker event on PokerStars for more than $ 350,000. In mid-April 2007 was Mizzi first time at the top of the Pocket Fives rankings, which lists the most successful online poker tournament players in the world. In total, he held this position for 15 weeks.

live

Career

Mizzi has been seen at prestigious live tournaments since 2006 .

Mizzi won a tournament at the Spring Poker Festival in Vienna in mid-March 2007 and thus his first live tournament. At the main event of the Irish Poker Open in Dublin he finished third just three weeks later and received 210,000 euros . When the main event of the World Poker Tour , he was in April 2007 Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas 15th and gained more than 150,000 US dollars . At his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, he made three prizes in 2007 . He finished his first WSOP main event that year as 208th out of 6,538 participants. At the GuangDong Asia Millions in Macau in June 2013 , Mizzi finished third in the main event and won the equivalent of over two million dollars.

Overall, Mizzi has earned over $ 12.5 million in poker in live tournaments . From April to December 2016 he played as part of the Berlin Bears in the Global Poker League and reached the final with his team.

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2006 00.051,043 -
2007 00.548,000 1
2008 00.555.925 1
2009 00.457.274 -
2010 01,895,430 5
2011 00.684,536 1
2012 00.469.760 2
2013 03,915,129 1
2014 01,371,423 2
2015 01,200,299 -
2016 00.220,728 -
2017 00.527.740 1
2018 00.725.954 -
2019 00.025,944 -
2020 00.029,730 -
total 12,678,915 14th

Web links

Commons : Sorel Mizzi  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Imper1um in the PocketFives database, accessed on November 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ # 1 Ranked Players in the PocketFives database, accessed on November 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b c Sorel Mizzi in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ Vienna Spring Poker Festival 2007 (€ 200 + 20 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 14, 2019 (English).
  5. ↑ PaddyPower Irish Open 2007 (€ 3,300 + 200 The Irish Open - No Limit Holdem Freezeout) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 14, 2019.
  6. ↑ Fifth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic ($ 25,000 + 500 WPT - No Limit Hold'em Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 14, 2019.
  7. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ GuangDong Asia Millions (HK $ 1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 14, 2019.
  9. ↑ Berlin Bears on the Global Poker League website, accessed on May 13, 2016 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Mizzi, Sorel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mizzi, Sorel Jay (full name); zangbezan24 (nickname); Imper1um (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario , Canada