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Coren-Mitchell, Burkhead Earn 2016 Induction Into Women In Poker Hall Of Fame

The Women in Poker Hall of Fame induction committee has named the two women who will join the hallowed halls of the organization during an induction ceremony this fall – the UK’s Victoria Coren-Mitchell and American Debbie Burkhead.

Victoria Coren-Mitchell has been playing the game of poker since she was a young girl growing up in the United Kingdom. She is the only player in the history of the European Poker Tour to win two Main Event titles (EPT London 2006 and EPT Sanremo 2014) and has earned over $2.4 million in her tournament poker career. Outside of the felt, Coren-Mitchell has long been a proponent of the game, both live and online, and involving women in the game.

She was a long-time member of Team PokerStars Pro (resigning her position in 2014 when Amaya Gaming, the new owners behind PokerStars, introduced casino gaming with the PokerStars platform, something Coren-Mitchell did not agree with) and has written extensively about poker. Coren Mitchell has also been a part of several poker broadcasts over the years, both as a presenter and as a player and becomes the first European poker professional to be inducted into any Poker Hall of Fame.

Debbie Burkhead has done almost everything in the world of poker, be it as a player, promoter of the game or as a member of the media. Since the 1990s, Burkhead has written about the game of poker, starting with PokerPages.com, and her byline could be found at such notable poker institutions as Poker Player Newspaper and Poker Digest. In 2010, Burkhead founded Poker Player Cruises in 2010, catering to travellers who liked to play poker while their ships were in transit, and served as president of the organization until 2013.

Coren-Mitchell and Burkhead will be inducted during a special luncheon ceremony that will be held July 6 at 11AM at the Gold Coast Casino in Las Vegas.

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(This piece was originally published in Gutshot Magazine Jun-Jul 2016 edition, and you can take a look at such pieces in our repository of all past editions by clicking here)

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