Victoria Coren
Victoria (Vicky) Coren is an
author,
journalist and
poker player. She is the daughter of
humorist Alan Coren, sister of journalist
Giles Coren, and a graduate of the
University of Oxford.
Coren writes weekly columns for
The Observer and
The Guardian newspapers and regular articles for other publications.
Her books include:
*
Love 16*
King Lear: Fathers and Daughters*
Once more with feeling (about her attempt, with co-author
Charlie Skelton, to make the best hard-core porn movie ever)
She was the presenter of the
BBC TV programme
Balderdash and Piffle, as well as
BBC Radio 4's Off the Page programme.
During a 12-year poker career
as of 2005, she has become a close friend of
The Hendon Mob and mixed weekly home games with frequenting 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 turned up as a guest dealer for the final table.
She frequents the Victoria Casino in London's
Edgware Road, where she plays
Texas hold 'em. She also plays
online poker at
Paradise Poker under the name "Vicky Coren".
As of
2005, her total live tournament winnings exceeded $90,000.
* Coren claims her favourite
movie is
The Graduate as it makes her nostalgic for an era before her birth.
* Coren cites the
Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott as an inspiration.
*
Hendon Mob tournament results*
Interview with sportinglife.com*
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