Well-known online poker tournament player Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi responded today to charges that he has been banned from Full Tilt Poker for taking over another user’s account during the end stages of the Full Tilt Million Dollar Guarantee on October 21st, 2007.
The account in question: BluffMagCV, the FTP name of Chris Vaughn, who won the Full Tilt Million Guaranteed. Vaughn went on to win the Sunday Million on PokerStars the following weekend. Full story on that here. The prevailing opinion at the moment is that Vaughn played his own account for the entirety of the Sunday Million win.
Mizzi posted his response in a thread this morning on the Pocket Fives forum. Nowhere in the thread does he directly refute or confirm the charges. Instead, he states that a full clarification is coming soon:
As far as the situation with FTP goes I hope that everyone can understand the intense scrutiny that I am under and be respectful and patient at this time. I currently am in the process of finalizing a formal interview with a major media outlet to explain the situation that has been discussed. Please understand that it would be impossible to address everyone’s questions/comments by responding to each one individually. Obviously, I am doing this interview so that I can hopefully answer all of your collective questions and concerns.
I am hopeful the interview will take place this weekend, but it will certainly be as soon as possible. I promise to be fully open and honest about the situation.
Discussion on the issue in the 2+2 MTT community is happening largely in this thread. Read the reaction of the Pocket Fives community to the situation here.
Emails to Full Tilt Poker and Poker Stars support requesting comment on this story had not been returned as of the writing of this article.
