Organisers of the Super High Roller Bowl have added another 15-players into the mix, and the American-centric selections mean the terrific trio of Dominik Nitsche, Steffen Sontheimer and Patrick Leonard miss out.

I’ve been told by the people who compete in such things that the Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) is the Superbowl of High Stakes Poker. The organisers pitch the buy-in perfectly, the structure is dynamic, and the hosts look after you in the same way Rambo cared for his Bowie knife.

So why the ridiculous lottery?

Honestly, the system for selecting 49-players is utterly bizarre. It feels like an intern walked into Poker Central Towers and said, “Hey, give me something to do, I don’t want to make cups of tea,” and someone gave him the job of deciding the fate of 50+ high stakes poker players.