After a report circulated showing almost half of the money sat on the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event went to the taxman, Lee Davy, takes a look at five taxes of a non-financial kind that poker players pay on a daily basis.

I remember when I used to receive a company bonus. I would cry, not because of the size of the gift, but because of the scale of the tax bill. I used to hate paying taxes, and then over time it became normalised, and I forgot about it.

So, this week, when I read an article from Russ Fox of Clayton Financial and Tax in Las Vegas about the amount of money the taxman made from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Final Table I ignored it.

I mean, what’s the problem?