The Ladbrokes Poker Million is arguably the UK’s biggest poker tournament, and this year’s fifth (hence the big V) annual staging draws ever closer, with heats being played and recorded in the next couple of weeks.

The last of the Ladbrokespoker.com online satellites for Poker Million V takes place this month and once the last online hands have been played, 72 lucky players will convene around twelve tables in the west London Studios of Sky TV for the televised live stage of the tournament.

Up for grabs is a slice of the $4.2m prize pool with a first prize of $1.2 million, the richest in European poker history.