Seat 2: Sorel Mizzi -- 2,140,000
Sorel Mizzi can be a polarizing figure to many, having been involved in a few controversies, but also being a very successful poker player with nearly $5 million in live tournament earnings. In fact, this final table pushes Mizzi over the $5 million mark for his live career.
While Mizzi may have done things he has regretted in the past, he took ownership of his mistakes in a blog post written at the end of 2012 and has been working on becoming a better person. Now, that better person looks to win a lot of money in the 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller.
All other things aside, it's hard to argue against Mizzi's stout tournament record. Since his first live result in 2006, Mizzi has never cashed for less than $450,000 in a year. His best year was in 2010 when he won nearly $1.9 million thanks to a few big scores.
In January 2010, Mizzi final tabled the Aussie Millions Main Event and took third place for AU$715,000. He won the Borgata Spring Poker Open for $170,313 later that year in April before netting two more six-figure cashes at the EPT Grand Final and World Poker Tour Rendez-Vous à Paris.
The largest outright win of Mizzi's career came in 2011 when he won the WPT Rendez-Vous à Paris €15,000 High Roller event for €234,495. He's also made a handful of World Series of Poker final tables over the years.
Mizzi will enter the final table third in chips with 2.14 million, and he's right in the middle of the bunch that involves Vladimir Troyanovsky with 2.15 million and Max Altergott with 2.11 million.