For Richer, For Poorer by Victoria Coren

Clink-burble-clatter go the chips and the drinks in the other room.

Don't want to solve equations, don't want to write up the effects of iodine on saliva, don't want to learn the dates of Henry VIII or draw an oxbow lake. I've been staring at the same page for an hour. I like the madness below stairs, the rebellion of the uncontainable games, the playfulness and cruelty, disguises and secrecy, the whirligigs of time bringing their revenges. Where does he come from? Where does he go? Nobody knows. I like Illyria, the magical island of nowhere.

So I was delighted but not completely surprised when I started readingįor Richer, For Poorer and came across these sentences at the beginning of chapter one, with Coren reflecting on her first poker stirrings: 'We're doing She also co-wrote with Charles Skelton a book about porn, Her father is late journalist Alan Coren (who once edited Punch magazine) and she co-edited an anthology of his writings,Ĭhocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren. Her poker memoir For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker was published in September 2009.Indeed, the Oxford-educated Coren writes weekly columns for The Observer and The Guardian. Her books include Love 16 and Once More, with Feeling, about her attempt (with co-author Charlie Skelton) to make 'the greatest porn film ever'. When aged 14 she had a short story published under a pseudonym in Just Seventeen magazine and then 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. 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).Ĭoren Mitchell has had an extensive writing career. Coren Mitchell has been a columnist for The Observer, is currently a TV columnist at The Telegraph, and has hosted the BBC television quiz show Only Connect since 2008.Ĭoren 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). Victoria Coren Mitchell is an English writer, presenter and professional poker player.

For Richer, For Poorer by Victoria Coren