Trash talking is part of the game. When it gets to the latter stages of a tournament and it’s a pressure situation, I feel I can use it to my advantage. I can get pretty mean to my opponents – there’s no question about that – and as a result they dislike me for it. But you can’t let it worry you, and I don’t let it worry me.

You have to remember that there is a lot of money at stake and a lot of pride and pressure. Intimidation is part of the game.

I don’t have too many close friends in poker.