You may recognise the near unpronounceable name of John Tabatabai from our coverage of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. The 21-year-old finished second to fellow online whiz Annette Obrestad for £570,150 and was unlucky not to take the title.

I, however, recognised the young Welshman from, of all places, a slightly dodgy snooker club in Clacton, Essex. It’s a long story as to why I was there, but suffice it to say I was deep into a £60 double-chance Hold’em tournament. It was down to the last three tables and the bubble was approaching at an alarming rate.

Unfortunately for me, so was my last train back to London.