In this week’s Calling The Clock we bring you the penultimate round-up from the World Series of Poker, advise you of a brand new High Stakes poker show on PokerGO, and much more. 

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event reached the final table, and I admit, it felt a little lacklustre without the pomp & circumstance of the November Nine fanfare.

You can choose the participants in chronological order, the order of worst to best-dressed person, or the least experienced to the experienced, it doesn’t matter, John Hesp will always be the name hanging from your chapped lip.

The 64-year-old grandfather from Yorkshire, England, was competing in the Main Event to tick an item off his bucket list. His experience of poker, though vast in terms of years played, consists of a monthly trip to the local casino to compete in a £10 rebuy. When his wife agreed to his ridiculous request to travel to Las Vegas, and pay $10,000 to play poker, he increased his visits to the local casino to three £10 rebuys per month so he could get the practice. And now he sits second in chips, with $1m in the bank, and the possibility of winning another $7m+ in a few days time.