Victoria Coren Mitchell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Victoria Coren Mitchell
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Aug 18, 1972(1972-08-18)
Age	52
Birthplace	Hammersmith
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Leo

Victoria Coren Mitchell Biography

Victoria Coren Mitchell is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on August 18, 1972 in Hammersmith, England, United Kingdom. Victoria Elizabeth Coren Mitchell (nee Coren born on August 18, 1972) is an English presenter, writer, as well as a professional player of poker. Coren Mitchell has weekly articles on behalf of The Observer and has hosted the BBC TV quiz program Only Connect since 2008.

Coren Mitchell is the very first female who won an event at the European Poker Tour, the first person to win an official tournament that was telecast (EPT London, 2006) and a telecast event for celebrities (Celebrity Poker Club in 2005) and also the first person to take home the two European Poker Tour Main Events (EPT London 2006 and EPT Sanremo 2014). She regularly plays Texas hold’em at the Victoria Casino in London’s Edgware Road. As a commentator/presenter, she has presented Late Night Poker and The Poker Nations Cup for Channel 4, World Poker Tour for ITV2 and commentated on The Monte Carlo EPT, Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (Channel 4), Ultimate Poker Challenge (Channel 5) and William Hill Poker Grand Prix 2 (Sky Sports).

Victoria and Giles Coren wrote an introduction to Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks, an anthology of the best comic writing by their father Alan, published by Canongate in October 2008.

Her poker memoir For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker (the subtitle changed to Confessions of a Player when released in paperback in 2011) was published in September 2009, and was well reviewed in The Times and The Observer.

On the 24th of September, 2006, she took home the principal stage at the European Poker Tour London earning the sum of PS500,000, beating Australian pro Emad Tahtouh. The 20th November of 2011 was the day she was second at The International World Federation of Poker’s first The Table World Championship, ultimately losing the heads-up to 29-year old Spanish player Raul Mestre. She was awarded an amount of $100,000 for finishing second and $10,000, which she gave towards Age UK. In April 2014, she took home the main tournament at the European Poker Tour San Remo with a prize of EUR476,100. She became the first person to win twice EPT titles. Her total winnings from live tournaments is more than $2,470,000.

Victoria Coren Mitchell Net Worth

Victoria Coren Mitchell is one of the richest Journalist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Victoria Coren Mitchell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was able to adapt her newspaper column by John Diamond into a play named A Lump in my Throat that was staged during in 2000’s Edinburgh Festival at the Assembly Rooms as well as The Grace Theatre and the New End Theatre in London and then she adapted the play to be used in an BBC Two docudrama with Neil Pearson that was which was broadcast in 2001.

In the course of her poker career she has been a long-time partner of the Hendon Mob and mixes weekly at-home games with frequent trips to two casinos regularly. She was a guest on 5 episodes on Late Night Poker, although she was never able to make it to the finale of the season. However, on Late Night Poker’s spinoff Celebrity Poker Club, she beat Willie Thorne to win the series two grand final , before she joined Jesse May as the commentator in the series 3. In the 2003 Hold-Em100 event in London she served as a dealer at one of the tables.

In 2007, after the death of her father, having put a notice in The Times inviting those who knew him to attend a service, she was warned by a friend that a “gang of serial funeral crashers” based in the south of England were checking death notices to find funerals and memorial services to crash for their own enjoyment. After receiving some suspicious email replies to her notice, she instigated a hoax to trap the group. She created “Sir William Ormerod”, along with an online encyclopaedia entry and placed a death notice. A week later, she placed another notice in The Times “in the guise of his grieving boyfriend Peter” for his memorial service “followed by a drinks reception”. She reported that the group duly claimed to have known Ormerod and applied for tickets.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Victoria Coren Mitchell height 5 ft 3 in Victoria weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Victoria Coren Mitchell Dating?

According to our records, Victoria Coren Mitchell married to David Mitchell. As of December 1, 2023, Victoria Coren Mitchell’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Victoria Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Victoria Coren Mitchell celebrates birthday on August 18 of every year.

Top Facts about Victoria Coren Mitchell

1. Victoria Coren Mitchell is an English writer, presenter, and poker player.
2. She was born on August 18, 1972 in London, England.
3. Mitchell has won two European Poker Tour titles.
4. She became the first woman to win an EPT event in 2006.
5. Mitchell has also written for The Guardian and The Observer newspapers.
6. In 2010, she became the first female presenter of BBC’s Only Connect quiz show.
7. Mitchell is married to comedian David Mitchell since 2012.
8. She has authored several books including “Once More, With Feeling”.
9. Mitchell is a member of Mensa with an IQ score of 157.
10. Her net worth is estimated at $2 million as of 2021.

Are David Mitchell and Victoria still together?

So people are often surprised to learn that David is married to TV presenter and poker player Victoria Coren Mitchell , and it was actually love at first sight. The couple were first introduced to each other by fellow comedian David Baddiel, who played matchmaker when they both attended the same film premiere in 2007.

Does Victoria Coren Mitchell still play poker?

Return of the EPT Coren Mitchell is a regular at EPT Monte Carlo, having played in every single one since 2016.

Is Victoria Coren Mitchell related to Alexander Armstrong?

Second cousin of the actress Imogen Stubbs (his grandfather was brother of her grandmother). His wife, Hannah Bronwen Snow is the sister of Giles Coren’s wife, Esther Walker. Brother-in-law of David Mitchell, Victoria Coren Mitchell and Giles Coren.

How Victoria Coren Mitchell changed poker history?

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 …

Who is Victoria Cohen married to?

David Mitchell