The journalist and broadcaster Victoria Coren Mitchell made poker history yesterday by becoming the first two time winner of the European Poker Tour. She beat 556 competitors to win a cash prize of 391,932 ponds and a watch worth more than 4,000 ponds in Sanremo, Italy. Coren Mitchell, who presents BBC Four's quiz show Only Connect, won in 2006. In doing so, she became the tournament's first female winner. Her second victory brings her lifetime winnings to 1.5 million ponds, putting her in the all time top 10 female earners at the poker table.