’ve enjoyed watching groups of excited schoolgirls shouting ‘Ooh Maggot, we wanna have sex with you’

InsideEdge: So, is playing poker the customary preparation before performing a gig?

2Hats: Nah, normally we’d be out running. A couple of laps round Shaftesbury Park in Newport. I’d do a few sit ups, and the boys would punch me in the stomach a few times. But we’re not doing that today. We haven’t had any booze yet, but I’ve heard it on it’s way!

IE: Who’s the top boy at poker?

2Hats: It all depends on the game really. Some of the boys are pretty good skilfully, but I can bluff like the best of them. I look very vacant and bet chaotically. People just don’t know what’s going on.

IE: Does it work?

Mystikal: Oh it’s a fantastic system is 2Hats’ chaotic betting. It can be applied to all walks of life, not just poker, with a huge amount of success.

IE: So does much money exchange hands?

Mystikal: The odd fi ver here and there. Sometimes we play for a tenner – a bit of rock ‘n’ roll here and there never hurt anyone. But it’s just a bit of fun really. The rest of the boys aren’t quite up to it.

IE: Who else is any good?

Eggsy: I haven’t got the concentration span. Anything to do with using your mind, I’m shit at. To be honest, I haven’t got a clue what’s going on. Mystikal is the one I’d be backing to take today’s pot. He’s taught a few of the lads how to play.

Billy: I know how to play, but I just don’t know how to bet, which I guess is quite important when you think about it.

Eggsy: I saw some programme the other day about a load of blokes who learned how to card count [referring perhaps to the Bringing Down The House MIT students who beat Las Vegas out of more than m]. They had a system, but there’s no system to poker for me. You just play, and see how the game goes. But the card counting looks very interesting – I wouldn’t mind a bit of that.

IE: Do you boys gamble much on sport?

Billy: I like to have a bet on the football. I even bet on Wales sometimes. I won some cash on the recent Northern Ireland vs England game actually – picked up about £70 from a £5 bet at 14/1.

Eggsy: I tried putting a bet on once in a bookies, but it all went wrong and I left. I dunno, I might have won for all I know. I’ve done the lottery twice, and lost the ticket once. So that sums it up for me.

IE: Finally, you’ve all have been thrust into the limelight since Maggot’s exploits on Big Brother. What’s changed for you boys?

Mystikal: I’ve enjoyed walking behind Maggot and watching groups of excited schoolgirls shouting ‘Ooh Maggot, we wanna have sex with you’.

2Hats: He did well in there. Fair play to him. I would’ve either lashed out or had a mental breakdown after two days.