James Obst becomes the latest high profile poker player to take a timeout to pursue an alternative career, as the Australian hopes to achieve his goal of becoming a professional tennis player.

When I asked Wai Kin Yong, son of the Triton Poker Series co-founder, Richard Yong, what, as a child, he wanted to be when he grew up, he paused for a moment and said:

“A taxi driver.” 

I have to be honest; it took me by surprise.