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| Published On Apr 21, 2014 10:14 am CEST  |  Updated on May 2, 2021 11:57 am CEST | By Daniel Allermand

Victoria Coren Mitchell Winner of EPT San Remo Main Event

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The famous British television presenter, journalist and Team Pokerstars Pro Victoria Coren Mitchell won the EPT San Remo main event last night, beating 556 players and winning €476,100 as well as a watch worth around €6,000. But Mitchell also wrote history with the win, as she became the first person to win the EPT two times.

Victoria Coren Mitchell’s winning hand, EPT San Remo Trophy and Slyde Watch.

It took her 3,500 days to become the first person to win two EPT events, but it was all worth it for the proud winner, who went into the final table short stacked, but managed to turn things around. The winning hand for the two time winner were , which beat Giacomo Fundaro heads up, after Mitchell had been shortstacked, doubled and then continued to dominate Fundaro.

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Victoria Coren Mitchell kissing her newly won EPT trophy, celebrating being the first ever to win two EPT main events.

“People in poker know it’s about showing a profit,” Mitchell said when asked about importance of winning a big prize by Pokerstarsblog.  “The minute I won €8,000 it was a good trip. But tens of thousands of people (on Twitter) got behind me. I thought I’d be happy with sixth, but also thought they’d be disappointed.”

Congratulations to Victoria Coren Mitchell, we hope to see more of you in the upcoming EPT’s.

Below you can find some of the tweets that Mitchell posted while playing:

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Daniel Allermand

Daniel Allermand is a freelance writer, with more than 14 years of experience in the industry as an operator, affiliate and poker player. Daniel has decided it was time to try and bring more coverage about the industry to the general public by writing articles about everything from poker to casino.