New York 1/30/2010 10:36:50 PM
Victoria Coren openly criticizes EPT Deauville
Victoria Coren, the British writer, poker player, and presenter recently attacked the organizers of EPT Deauville just after the 2010 European Poker Tour of Deauville was over.
Victoria Coren, the British writer, poker player, and presenter recently attacked the organizers of EPT Deauville just after the 2010 European Poker Tour of Deauville was over. Just to inform our readers Victoria started writing professionally at the young age of 15 when she won a competition for writing weekly column in Daily Telegraph. Her eldest brother said to have introduced her into poker when she was not even sixteen. Since then she has been actively involved in writing and poker. She is 37 now. She has been contributing a column on poker in G2. Coren is the first woman to win a European Poker Tour event. She visits the Victoria Casino in London quite often and loves playing Texas hold 'em.
Coren was already quite well known for her openhanded comments and yesterday she criticized the organizers of WPT Deauville for its schedule and the poor level of the tournamnet. . According to her the schedule of the match was responsible for the poor show In her report published at Guardian she also criticized the French poker player and their approach in the game. She also said that the date of the tournament clashed with that of Aussie Millions and organizers would have been more particular while selecting the dates as they must know that the American poker player would be choosing the event at Barcelona or in London.
According to Coren the physical location of Deauville creates problem, especially for the Scandinavian players and the location and schedule only favor Franco-French players. She did not stop at this and described the French poker players as “gamblers” and according to her these players do not have the skill to enjoy the subtle beauty of the game. However, she also said that there are some great French poker players but this may not pacify all.
