Victoria Coren Mitchell
Victoria Elizabeth Coren Mitchell (born 18 August 1972) is an English writer, presenter and professional poker player. She was the first woman to win an event on the European Poker Tour, and the first player to win both a televised professional tournament and a televised celebrity tournament. In April 2014 she won the main event of the European poker Tour San Remo.
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Victoria Elizabeth Coren Mitchell (born 18 August 1972) is an English writer, presenter and professional poker player. She writes weekly columns for The Observer and has hosted the BBC television quiz show Only Connect since 2008. She was the first woman to win an event on the European Poker Tour, and the first player to win both a televised professional tournament and a televised celebrity tournament. In April 2014 she won the main event of the European poker Tour San Remo, becoming the first to have won two main events on the tour. She is a close friend of The Hendon Mob and mixes weekly home games with frequent visits to two regular casinos.
Her poker memoir For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker was published in September 2009, and was well reviewed in The Times and The Observer. She has appeared in five episodes of Late Night Poker, although she never made it to a series grand final. In 2003 she was a guest dealer for the final of the Hold-Em 100 tournament in London. In November 2011 she finished second in the International Federation of Poker’s inaugural The Table World Championship, eventually losing heads-up with 29-year-old Spaniard Raul Mestre. Her books include Love 16 and Once More, with Feeling, about her attempt to make the greatest porn film ever.
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