Being a pro on the road for 12 months a year is fine if you’re single, but if, like me, you have to balance it with family life it can be extremely hard. You have to ask yourself if the price is right. On one hand the money you may win can set you up for life but, on the other, you can quickly become a stranger to your little ones.

I read a great piece by Barry Greenstein who said he regretted giving his children gifts to replace the time he should have spent with them while gambling and I can relate to that – it seems to happen whenever I come home.