00:00 Meet the players 03:14 Big Game I episode 1 Play starts 49:03 Winners/Losers PLAYERS: John Magill, Juha Helppi, Achilleas Kallakis, Dave Gregory, #juha helppi, Achilleas Kallakis, andy greekfish, anthony hardy, austin healy, big game, cash game poker, Dave Gregory, dave ulliott, devilfish, devilfish poker, high stakes poker, John Magill, jon hewston, live cash game, nlh, party poker. David “Devilfish” Ulliott - a British poker player who got famous on 'Late Night Poker' - died Monday following a battle with colon cancer.
For lovers of a poker anecdote, as most of us are, Devilfish: The Life & Times of a Poker Legend is a book that has few equals. To say that Dave Ulliott was a rogue and raconteur is not to. THE DEVILFISH POKER LEAGUE. Welcome to the DEVILFISH POKER LEAGUE. Home Rules Standings Records Schedule Jack Strauss, winner of the 1982 WSOP Main Event after famously being down to a single $25 chip, once said. Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, who died on April 6, was a safecracker, stick-up man, and pawnbroker who became one of the most successful poker players of his time.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Devilfish, The Clock |
| Born | 4 April 1954 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 6 April 2015 (aged 61) |
| Home town | Kingston upon Hull |
David A. Ulliott (4 April 1954 – 6 April 2015), known by the nicknameDevilfish, was an English professional gambler and poker player. Ulliott was a minor figure in the Hull underworld, but went on to become a World Series of Pokerbracelet-winner, and a mainstay of televised poker.
At the poker table, he is known for wearing orange sunglasses, a sharp suit (or leather jacket) and gold knuckledusterrings reading 'Devil' and 'Fish', which he made himself.[1]
He lived in Kingston upon Hull, not far from where he grew up. Ulliott died on 6 April 2015 from colon cancer.[2][3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑Rydin, Staffin. 'David 'Devilfish' Ulliot'. PokerListings.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2006.
- ↑Pempus, Brian (2015-04-06). 'Poker Legend Dave 'DevilFish' Ulliott Passes Away'. CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- ↑Bradley, Lance (2015-04-06). 'David 'Devilfish' Ulliott Dies Following Cancer Battle'. bluff.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
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- How Ulliott got his Devil Fish Nickname[permanent dead link]