History was made over the weekend in San Remo, Italy, as Victoria Coren-Mitchell (pictured), a member of Team PokerStars Pro, became the first two-time European Poker Tour champion. Her reward was €476,100. Coren-Mitchell, who calls the United Kingdom home, formerly won the 16th EPT Main Event, which took place in London in 2006. This weekend, she took down the 98th EPT Main Event, which had a field of 556 players, after entering the final table as the short stack.

Coren-Mitchell told EPT officials following her historic win, “I’m a natural pessimist. I never expect to win. My policy has always been to be happy with a profit and, most importantly, to enjoy myself. It hasn’t really sunk in yet, but I’m incredibly grateful that so many people have gotten behind this.” Coren was the first woman ever to win an EPT Main Event when she did so eight years ago.

According to the Hendon Mob, Coren-Mitchell now has $2.4 million in lifetime live tournament cashes and is #9 on the ladies all-time money list. She is already #31 on this year’s money list and has four six-figure scores to her credit in total. Heads-up play between Giacomo Fundaroand Coren-Mitchell lasted a brief 15 minutes.

EPT President Edgar Stuchley said of the historic win, “The first two-time EPT champion is a huge milestone in the history of the tour and we are also very excited and proud that the challenge was won by a member of Team PokerStars Pro.”

Here’s how the final eight cashed out in the EPT San Remo Main Event:

1. Victoria Coren-Mitchell: €476,100
2. Giacomo Fundaro: €298,700
3. Jordan JWPRODIGY Westmorland: €213,850
4. Andrea Benelli: €166,700
5. Andreas Goeller: €130,750
6. Bruno Stefanelli: €102,700
7. Andrija Martic: €76,650
8. Emmanuel Pariset: €53,100

We also wanted to single out Westmorland (pictured), who finished in third place for €213,000 in San Remo. Westmorland is just a few hundred dollars away from a $2 million cash badge here on PocketFives and won the PokerStars Super Tuesday in the middle of last year for $117,000. EPT San Remo was his first six-figure live score and Coren-Mitchell bucked him from the tournament in third place.

The 10th season of the EPT wraps up starting this week in Monaco for the EPT Grand Final. Congrats to Coren-Mitchell on her record-breaking performance in Italy.

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