It’s hard to get my head around the fact that this poker lark is actually a job. Take the last few weeks, for instance. The end of November saw the circus travel to Singapore for the Betfair Asian Poker Tour, where we got to stay in a top drawer hotel, were treated like royalty and couldn’t even spend any money as the conversion rate was three Singaporean dollars to the pound. A day at the races in the most expensive box cost the princely sum of £7. Try getting that at Ascot!

Tony G won the main event and, in a truly remarkable gesture, donated half his winnings (a little over $200k) to charity!