With 11 GCSEs and three ‘A’ Levels, glamour model Leilani Dowding doesn’t fit the stereotypical image of a Page 3 girl. A self-proclaimed swot at school, she reckons her teachers would have a coronary if they knew she gets her baps out for a living. But after being signed up by Ladbrokes, the former Miss Great Britain is playing with pairs of a very different nature…

WHEN DID YOU FIRST PLAY POKER?
I started playing about a year ago when Ladbrokes approached me to do a photo shoot with Roy ‘The Boy’ Brindley. They asked if I was interested in learning how to play and set me up with an account.