The virtual doors are now open. Online poker operators who want to take advantage of the shared liquidity agreement between France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain can begin applying for a seat in the party.

I’m not well.

When I stare at the screen I feel my eyeballs tremble, nausea rises from the pit of my gut, like the soul of a dead body rammed into an oil drum.

I turn away for a moment and stare out of the window.