When we compiled our Top 10 poker films a while back, we made one point, extremely vociferously: ‘Judging by this list we’re in dire need of new material.’ Thankfully, when we talk, Hollywood listens, and over the next 12 months your multiplex is going to be invaded by a raft of new poker flicks, which threaten to snap Rounders in half like an Oreo cookie.

You might be wondering why it’s taken Tinseltown this long. Poker has grown exponentially over the past few years to become one of the world’s most popular games and it contains all the ingredients needed to hang a brilliant film off.