Sorel Mizzi

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Sorel Mizzi (born April 16, 1986, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional poker player. Mizzi plays online poker under the names of "Imper1um" and "Zangbezan24".

As of early 2025, Mizzi has total live tournament earnings of $14.4 Million USD with his best live cash being $2,073,868.[1]

He also has online tournament earnings of approximately $3.6 million.[2] He is also a regular in the online high-stakes cash games where he plays at Titan Poker under the name of Imper1um.[3]

Poker

Mizzi's early career 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 where he earned $280,284.[4][5] In 2008 Mizzi finished 2nd in the £5,000 – Pot Limit Omaha Event at the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe.[6]

In late December 2010, Mizzi was named both 2010 BLUFF Player of the Year [7] and 2010 PTPR Tournament Poker Player of the Year [8]

In 2013, Mizzi won the PartyPoker Premier League VII, earning $466,000.[9] In the same year, he won $2,073,868 after finishing in 3rd place at the HK$1,000,000 No Limit Hold’em event.[10]

Mizzi made a $10,000 proposition bet at 3:1 odds that he could swim from Ipanema Beach to an island 5km away in May 2014.[11][12] Mizzi completed the swim, and donated 10% of the payout to charity.[13]

In December 2015, Mizzi participated in a charity boxing match against fellow professional poker player Brian Rast at Syndicate MMA Gym in Las Vegas.[14][15] Proceeds from the ticket sales were donated to REG Charity.[14][15] He won the match by a third-round knockout.[14]

In 2022, Mizzi was ranked the 7th richest Canadian poker player by the Toronto Guardian.[16]

As of 2025, Mizzi's live tournament winnings exceed $14.4 Million USD.[17]

World Poker Tour

At the World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio in 2007, Mizzi finished 15th, winning $154,705. At the 2007 World Series of Poker, Mizzi cashed three times, including 208th in the no limit Texas hold'em main event.[18]

At the 2008 Five Diamond World Poker Classic, Mizzi won the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em event, earning $143,050.[19]

Mizzi finished in 10th place at the WPT L.A. Poker Classic in 2012.[20]

Mizzi reached the top 16 at WPT Amsterdam in 2015.[21] He also reached the final table at WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star.[22]

Mizzi finished in 3rd place at WPT Montreal in 2018.[23]

Full Tilt Online Poker Series

On February 15, 2007, Mizzi won Event #7 of FTOPS III, a $216 buy in No-Limit hold'em tournament with a prize of $90,384.[24]

In May 2007, Mizzi won 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 second player in FTOPS history to win two events.[25]

In 2011, Mizzi topped the FTOPS XX leaderboard after cashing in 17 of the series 45 events and earning 1,365 points.[26]

Titan Poker sponsorship

As of March 2010, Sorel is sponsored by online poker room Titan Poker as the leader of their Pro Team.[27] During 2010 Player of the Year run, 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.[28]

Notable wins

  • 2007, Irish Poker Open[29]
  • 2010, Final tabling at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event[1]
  • 2010, World Poker Tour (WPT), 1st place[1]
  • 2010, European Poker Tour (EPT), 1st place[1]
  • 2010, PokerStars, 5th place
  • 2011, World Poker Tour (WPT), 1st place[1]
  • 2013, PartyPoker Premier League VII[9]
  • 2012, PartyPoker, 1st place
  • 2014, European Poker Tour (EPT), 1st place[1]
  • 2015, PokerStars, 4th place
  • 2015, World Poker Tour (WPT), 8th place[1]

References

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