JemmaPage published Nottingham IT worker puts a penny on to enter a poker tournament...

Imagine turning one penny into £135,000. That's exactly what amateur poker player Andy Jankowski did in a tournament – just one month after quitting his job. The 44-year-old took part in the World Poker Tour at Lenton's Dusk Till Dawn casino a couple of weeks ago. And after outplaying 886 competitors, the former IT worker walked away with the top cash prize. Mr Jankowski, who lives in the city centre, said: "It helped that I treated it as a freebie and didn't worry at all...