Justin Bonomo and Mike Gorodinsky have taken an early lead in the US Poker Open after winning the first two events, and Bill Perkins is boycotting Poker After Dark until they incorporate Twitter into the equation.

Justin Bonomo is fast becoming a masterpiece of living art. The 32-year-old came into the US Poker Open as the early front-runner for the Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year race. It’s not perfect proof of persistence. But he did win $4.5m last year, and the year before that, yes, this man is running hotter than apple crumble.

The opening event was $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em. 68 people entered, and there was only one non-professional seated at the final table. His name was Pierre Nadim. He almost went all the way.

There is a view that the non-pros don’t enjoy competing with the pros at the highest level. It’s one of the reasons the One Drop moved their last million euro event to Monaco and banned them (although a pro won it, go figure).