Bubbly, blonde and beautiful, it's quite possible you can actually feel Kerryjane Craigie's love and enthusiasm for poker emanating from her. As The Hippodrome's alpha female, or "Head of Poker" to use her official title, it's a love she indulges with on a daily basis.
"The buck stops with me upstairs," she says, proudly, when we meet, secluded in a private room I didn't know existed within the three-ring circus walls of The Hippodrome in Leicester Square. But although Craigie might appear to be one-part Uma Thurman, a shot Kathy Liebert, and a healthy sprinkling Glinda the Good, she makes it clear from the outset she's no dumb blonde when it comes to owning her game.