Poker

Q&A: Victoria Coren Mitchell, two-time European Poker Tour winner

Mitchell on her old-fashioned game, beating younger math whizzes and why you’re naturally a gambler or you’re not

What students are talking about today (Sept. 25 edition)

Bacon shortage. Study-space shortage. The #1 poker school.

You gotta know when to run

Badly beaten

A violent robbery—allegedly set up by his ex-girlfriend—deals harsh lessons to a poker whiz

High Stakes

From ordinary poker players to big-league pros

Jeffrey Pollack’s newly created poker league aims to turn players into pampered sports celebrities

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This week: Newsmakers

Michelle Obama visits Soweto, the world’s richest divorcée goes broke, and tennis’s grunting gals get called out

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It’s a hold’em-up

The gaming industry grapples with a poker tournament heist