Playing live tournaments gives you experience that just can’t be gained sat at home clicking a mouse button, no matter how high the stakes. Shouting, whooping and groaning at your TFT monitor is all well and good but to cut it in the flesh you need to know more than just the hand rankings. It’s also the best bloody fun you can have without the risk of being put in prison or having divorce papers filed against you.

With more cash swilling around the shiny prize pools of live tournaments than ever you’ll have to up your game if you want to stave off the thieving poker pros.