Rajesh Modha started playing poker about18 months ago, making a modest profit playing low stakes MTTs on Ladbrokes. Then he entered a $9 Poker Million satellite, won through to the televised heats and progressed to the final where he took out favourite Mel Judah before bagging the $1.2m first prize.

I bet you’ve been inundated with interview requests since your win…
Yes. I’ve done interviews with the radio, local newspapers, The Sun. It’s good but tiring, although the pluses outweigh the minuses.

And it’s great for the game.
I didn’t know anything about poker until a year and a half ago so I must be the luckiest man in the world.