After Igor Kurganov joins PokerStars, a section of the poker community criticises the Russian for sleeping with the enemy prompting Lee Davy to take a closer look beneath the sheets.

I was never intended to read The Bible. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is another that makes me feel dyslexic. And The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene has just been tossed into the corner of my bedroom along with my recently deceased bush and a big purple exercise ball.

I understood Greene’s masterpiece, but the content made me feel seasick. And yet, had I read it a few years ago, when I was trying to become a professional poker player, I would have loved it. Poker is all about power. Poker is all about deceit. Poker is all about buying your opponent a Gin and Tonic, lacing it with Rohypnol and stealing his Stetson and snakeskin boots.

Power.