Victoria Coren Mitchell
Victoria Coren Mitchell | |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 18th August 1972 |
place of birth | London |
Nickname | Teacup |
place of residence | London |
Live Poker Tournament Achievements | |
Highest prize money | $ 941,513 |
Total prize money | $ 2,500,918 |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelets | no |
Cashes | 2 |
Best main event | no cash |
Main event of the European Poker Tour | |
title | 2 |
Cashes | 6th |
Main Event of the PokerStars Championship | |
title | no |
Cashes | 1 |
Last updated: March 6, 2020 |
Victoria "Vicky" Elizabeth Coren Mitchell (born August 18, 1972 in London ) is a British author , presenter and professional poker player from England . She won the European Poker Tour Main Event twice .
biography
Because both her brother Giles Coren and her father Alan Coren are journalists, Vicky Coren was given the opportunity at the age of 13 to write a column in the Daily Telegraph describing her life as a teenager. This later resulted in the book Love 16 , which was published in 1989. She is the presenter of the BBC TV series Balderdash and Piffle , the quiz show Only Connect and the BBC 4 radio program Off the Page . She also regularly writes columns for the British newspapers The Observer and The Guardian . Her book Once More With Feeling , which she wrote with the author Charlie Skelton , is about the authors' attempt to plan and direct a pornographic film. Coren holds a degree in English from the University of Oxford .
Coren has been married to actor David Mitchell since November 2012 .
poker
Career
Coren became known as poker player when she in in September 2006, London was the first woman, the Main Event of the European Poker Tour was (EPT) decide for themselves and a prize of 500,000 pounds sterling won. On April 20, 2014, she won the EPT Main Event in Sanremo, Italy , becoming the first person in EPT history to win two main events. Coren has also participated in a variety of televised poker tournaments, including Late Night Poker and Celebrity Poker Club . She also commented on poker games on Showbiz Poker , Premier League Poker and the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, among others .
Overall, Coren Mitchell has earned around 2.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments, making him one of the most successful women in terms of tournament prize money .
Results (selection)
All tournaments in which Coren received the equivalent of more than US $ 50,000 in prize money are listed.
date | place | Event ( variant ) | space | Prize money (in $ ) |
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21 Sep 2006 | London | EPT Main Event (No Limit Hold'em) | 1 | 941,513 |
Apr 25, 2010 | Monte Carlo | EPT Main Event (No Limit Hold'em) | 26th | 53,251 |
Nov 19, 2011 | London | IFP World Championship (No Limit Hold'em) | 2 | 100,000 |
Apr 24, 2012 | Monte Carlo | EPT heads-up (No Limit Hold'em) | 1 | 77,763 |
March 14, 2013 | London | EPT High Roller (No Limit Hold'em) | 6th | 101.019 |
Apr 14, 2014 | Sanremo | EPT Main Event (No Limit Hold'em) | 1 | 660.947 |
Oct 16, 2014 | London | EPT High Roller (No Limit Hold'em) | 11 | 52,622 |
Works
- Love 16. Ebury Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-712-63012-2 .
- Once more with feeling. Fourth Estate, 2nd edition, 2003, ISBN 978-1-841-15437-4 (German translation: Again with feeling. An erotic novel. Droemer Knaur, 2004, ISBN 978-3-426-61553-9 ).
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Victoria Coren Mitchell on TheGuardian.com (English)
- Victoria Coren Mitchell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Victoria Coren Mitchell in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
- Victoria Coren Mitchell in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Victoria Coren Poker Player Profile ( Memento December 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ a b Victoria Coren Mitchell in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 2, 2017.
- ↑ Women's All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 18, 2020.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Coren Mitchell, Victoria |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coren Mitchell, Victoria Elizabeth (full name); Coren, Vicky (nickname); Teacup (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British author, presenter and poker player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 18th August 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England , UK |