Coyly at first, then with the patience of a kindergarten teacher, he explains the bluffing, double bluffing, patience, play reading and snap decision-making that makes him so good.
And you wonder if he’s wasted in rugby league. The poker tables of Las Vegas might be his true calling. A post-playing, Shane Warne style jaunt on poker’s world tour beckons, sans Warnie’s stupid hat.
If Crichton is half as good at counting cards as he is attacking shifts, the house is in trouble. Particularly in light of his latest defensive masterclass in Origin I.
