Now that poker on the telly is as prevalent as the evening news, like me you've probably become a bit pickier about the play you want to see. Doyle Brunson and Chip Reese at the H.O.R.S.E. final table, yes; seven nobodies muddling around for a million-dollar payout, umm, no.

Then there's High Stakes Poker. Always rising to the top, always loaded with superstar players, this show airs only in the US - but is readily available via www.youtube. com - and gets most of us as close to the Big Game as we're ever likely to be.

Living up to its name, High Stakes Poker is one very big cash game, shot on a set in a Las Vegas casino with very little in the way of additional artifice.