It took more than a year to find the 20 players for the Tournament Titan, but in the end it was a familiar name who reigned supreme. Sorel Mizzi, aka "Imper1um," took home the top prize.The first 18 players had to make three consecutive final-table finishes in participating tournaments to qualify for the Tournament Titan. The final two qualifiers participated in a points race for spots in the tournament.
Mizzi qualified for Titan Poker's Tournament Titan in December 2006 after he made the final table of the $7,500 GP twice and final-tabled once in a $7,000 GP tournament. He's had to wait a year since qualifying to actually play for a piece of the $1 million prize pool.
During that time, he came in fourth during the €1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event and first in the €200 No-Limit Hold'em event of the Vienna Spring Poker Festival in March.
He followed that up in April with a third-place finish in the Irish Open for €210,000, and a 15th-place finish in the World Poker Tour Championship for $154,705. At the 2007 World Series of Poker, he also cashed in three events, including the Main Event.
With his Tournament Titan win, he'll have his buy-in paid for the 2008 WSOP Main Event, as well as $188,000 in cash to add to his bankroll.
Second- and third-place finishers in the Tournament Titan also received 2008 Main Event prize packages with their cash prizes.
The tournament results are:
Place Name Prize
1st Imper1um $200,000*
2nd supakef $125,000*
3rd bioman $75,000*
4th backeast $65,000
5th Nuervitre $55,000
6th SirFlopsAlot $50,000
7th JAHAAA $45,000
8th WayneyG $40,000
9th simaar $35,000
10th dutcher777 $32,500
11th neooen2 $30,000
12th tyler345 $30,000
13th Catfang $30,000
14th asdfsmh $30,000
15th muuli $27,500
16th shahmat0 $27,500
17th feffou $27,500
18th hupp $25,000
19th cuspide $25,000
20th rubeo $25,000
*Total prize includes $12,000 prize package for 2008 Main Event seat.
