It’s 5pm on a Monday afternoon in Las Vegas, and poker superstar Daniel Negreanu is nowhere near the action. He’s at home, lying on his camel-coloured sofa, the edge of a blanket pulled up to his chin. A pet chihuahua curls up at his side. The flat-screen TV above his fireplace emits a frozen moment from an innocuous commercial. Under the covers, 32-year-old Negreanu wears jogging pants, a t-shirt and a hat emblazoned with the logo of his website – FullContactPoker.com – which recently added its own online poker room.

Just a couple of days ago, he was in Canada, participating in a charity event and doing press for his site as well as his upcoming computer game, Stacked.