One of the side effects of being on TV is that people recognise you when you’re out and about. Of course, most of those who recognise me are poker fans. These fans often like to ask me about a recent hand they played – usually one that they lost. Often, these just turn out to be bad beat stories in disguise. However, sometimes the fan honestly doesn’t see it that way.

They think that since they lost the hand, they must have done something wrong. They put their money in while way ahead in a hand, but then lost so therefore must have played it badly.