Lee Davy catches up with Finland’s, Patrik Antonius at 888Live Barcelona to talk about parenthood, community, and how it might be the time he stepped up and tried to help improve poker’s image.

Patrik Antonius is every woman’s dream and every man’s nightmare. The Finn’s fine features make the rest of us look like those kids pulled out of the vaginal canal with a ventouse, but he’s not just good looking.

He is also one of the greatest poker players alive with $11.3m in profits playing cash games on Full Tilt, $5.7m on PokerStars, and God knows how much he has won playing live cash games. Couple that with $6.7m in live tournament winnings and you have a man who knows how to play cards.

Antonius is an elusive creature preferring to let others hog the limelight. But he recently surfaced with a sponsorship deal with the clothing firm Noetics, competed in the $100k Super High Roller in the PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo, and lo and behold there he was sitting on the couch in a bar outside the Casino Barcelona during 888Live.