Playing poker, Paul, is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman.’ That glib comment would, no doubt, be Swiss Toni’s take on the great game. The fictional used car dealer, played by Charlie Higson in The Fast Show, compares everyday actions, such as washing the car, hanging wallpaper or making coffee, to the act of carnal conjugation.

Poker can be just as easily slid into that analogy. The bouffant-haired Toni could easily eulogise that to be a winning player you have to target soft spots, exert strong confident pot control and juggle positional sense with stack management.

Schoolboy guffaws aside, the reality of the situation, whether at the baize or in the sack, is not always that prescribed and is infinitely less forgiving.