Victoria Coren Mitchell
Victoria Coren Mitchell is an English writer, presenter and professional poker player. Coren Mitchell has been a columnist for听The Observer, is currently a TV columnist at听The Telegraph, and has hosted the BBC television quiz show听Only Connect听since 2008.
Coren Mitchell was the first woman to win an event on the European Poker Tour, the first player to win both a televised professional tournament (EPT London 2006) and a televised celebrity tournament (Celebrity Poker Club 2005), and the first player to win two European Poker Tour Main Events (EPT London 2006 and EPT Sanremo 2014). As a commentator/presenter, she has presented听Late Night Poker听补苍诲听The Poker Nations Cup听for Channel 4,听World Poker Tour听for ITV2 and commentated on听The Monte Carlo EPT,听Grosvenor UK Poker Tour听(Channel 4),听Ultimate Poker Challenge听(Channel 5) and听William Hill Poker Grand Prix 2听(Sky Sports).
Coren Mitchell has had an extensive writing career. When aged 14 she had a short story published under a pseudonym in听Just Seventeen听magazine and then won a competition in听The Daily Telegraph听to write a column about teenage life for their "Weekend" section, which she continued writing for several years. Her books include听Love 16听补苍诲听Once More, with Feeling,听about her attempt (with co-author Charlie Skelton) to make "the greatest porn film ever". Her poker memoir听For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker听was published in September 2009.