I haven't played much online poker this year – certainly not like the 15-odd hours a day of last year. I’ve been playing live a lot more, and when I happened to do well in the European rankings, I became overly interested in staying up there.

Now I’ve accepted the post of director of online poker for Dusk Til Dawn (a major live poker club opening in Nottingham soon), my chance to play live poker has diminished. While the irony of this isn’t wasted on me, the reason is that I’m responsible for getting the club’s website up and running.