The nerves are jangling as I start at Fifty on day 1B, on a table with John Duthie and Michael Greco, but they soon settle as the first couple of hours see my chipstack increase as pocket Queens come my way and a couple of A-J’s hit the flop hard.

My hand of the day, if not the tournament, comes in session two as my pocket Jacks make quads on a J-K-J flop. I don’t make the most of it as I’m trying to trap Greco and he’s doing likewise with pocket aces.

In the final session of the day I knock out Peter Gould with K-K vs 10-10, he hits a Ten on the flop but the turn gives me a flush draw and the King on the river makes me a bigger set.