Victoria Coren
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| Victoria Coren | |
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| Nickname(s) | Teacup |
| Hometown | London, United Kingdom |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finishes | 1 |
| Highest ITM main event finish |
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| European Poker Tour | |
| Titles | 1 |
| Final tables | 1 |
| Money finishes | 1 |
Victoria "Vicky" Coren (born 1972) is a British writer, presenter and poker player. Coren writes weekly columns for The Observer and The Guardian newspapers and regular articles for other publications.
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[edit] Biography
The daughter of the late humourist and journalist Alan Coren and sister of journalist Giles Coren, she is a graduate of the University of Oxford.
Aged 14, she won a competition in the Daily Telegraph to write a column about teenage life for their "Weekend" section, which she continued writing for several years. Her books include Love 16, King Lear: Fathers and Daughters and Once More, with Feeling, about her attempt (with co-author Charlie Skelton) to make the best hard-core porn movie ever.
Coren adapted C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too... by her friend John Diamond into a play called A Lump In My Throat.
She is the presenter of the BBC TV programme Balderdash and Piffle, as well as BBC Radio 4’s Off The Page programme. There are now two Balderdash and Piffle books accompanying her series, which are full of similar bits of trivia and etymology. In May 2008, Coren took over from David Baddiel as the chair of the BBC Radio 4 show Heresy.
[edit] Poker
She frequents the Victoria Casino in London's Edgware Road, where she plays Texas hold 'em. In 2006, her total live tournament winnings exceeded $1,000,000. Coren also commentates on the Sky Sports poker programme William Hill Poker Grand Prix 2.
During her poker career, she has become a close friend of The Hendon Mob, and mixes weekly home games with frequent visits to two regular casinos.
Coren appeared in five episodes of Late Night Poker, although she never made it to a series grand final. However in Late Night Poker's spin-off Celebrity Poker Club, she defeated Willie Thorne to win the series two grand final before joining Jesse May as the commentator in series three.
In the 2003 Hold-Em 100 tournament in London she was a guest dealer for the final table.
On Sunday 24 September 2006 Coren won the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) London earning a prize of £500,000. After a gruelling four-day event she found herself heads up with Australian professional Emad Tahtou. After only two hands of heads-up play the table saw a flop of 5-3-4. Emad moved all-in and Coren called instantly. Emad showed 8-6, and Vicky had 6-7. Having flopped the straight and avoiding a seven on the turn and river to give Emad a higher straight, she defeated her opponent.
Coren is a member of Team PokerStars.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Team PokerStars Pro - Victoria Coren. pokerstars.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
[edit] External links
- Hendon Mob tournament results
- Interview with sportinglife.com
- Profile of Victoria Coren on Chicksnchips.com
- Profile
- Victoria Coren at the Internet Movie Database
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