Profile Dave Ulliot

Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot was 54 years ago in the city of Hull, England was born, where he also spent his turbulent youth. He was certainly not a model student, which meant that he at the age of 15 years of school left. After he unsuccessfully some temporary jobs had, he came in contact with the local crime scene and it was not long before he made a name there was.

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Ulliot, who as the son of a Fallschirmspringers (2nd World War), came relatively early in contact with gambling. While he worked for a company which manufactures Combs, he often during the lunch break on the racetrack to bet. After his first 50:1 Bet won, he decided to work less, which meant that he was fired.

Since he no longer had a job, he decided his money in an unconventional way to earn. He joined a group of criminals, which focused on safe crack had specialized in special kiosks, garages and shops, which are not in his immediate vicinity were established, as it was better the chance not to be caught.

His criminal career ran perfectly until a member of his group at a hearing him verpfiff, which meant that for 9 months behind bars had. When he came out of the prison, he picks up where he had stopped and so it was not long before he further 3 days in the cell had to sit. He ended penniless.

But he had learned its lesson still not learned that he still worked in the criminal milieu, and had at the age of 28 years for another 18 months in prison. After his release he was planning a bank robbery criminals along with a name John, which he had learned in prison. On the day of the bank robbery John was arrested because his wife, the police had a tip. Dave chose this moment in his criminal career to an end. Shortly thereafter, he met his second wife, and there is no doubt that Dave since that time the law has not been broken.

After his turbulent times in the underworld, Dave decided to return to bet on horses and playing poker (he played poker since his early youth). Shortly before the end of 1990 traveled Dave and his good friend Gary & Chauffeur Withaker by England and played as much poker as possible. In addition, Withaker for Ulliot in local betting because Ulliot no betting was allowed to submit more. Together you can create it from £ 4,000 Capital £ 70,000 to make.

In the poker games in which Ulliot participated at this time, was also attended by well-known players such as Dave Colclough, John Shipley part - not bad for a local game. As Ulliot first traveled to London in order to play poker, he noted that players in London were better and that it was not so easy money off this. It is critical to adapt the game a little and became a very successful player in the London poker scene - something that at this time was not safe. It was generally known that a weapon Ulliot always carried with him when he played, in order to be able to react when it should escalate. There are some stories about how Ulliot with his weapon into the air fired by gangsters from abusing the players rob.

It seems as if he had already played as good as today. He lost times a pot of £ 60000 against players Donnacha O'Dea (which later in 1998, a WSOP bracelet won. He played the whole night and ended the session ultimately still at a profit. On another day he played at 5 different venues and ended the day with a profit of at least £ 35,000 in each of the 5 games.

After a few years cash games played, Ulliot focused more on poker tournaments, with the tournaments back then, however, were different than at present times. His first success he had in 1993, where he was from this time steadily improved and in 1996 in a week in Vic Casino £ 100000 won. This encouraged him along with his friend Gary Withaker to Las Vegas to stay, where to play poker.

In 1997 succeeded Dave Ulliot at $ 500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament in the heads-up against Men "The Master" Nguyen. This game was also his nickname "Devilfish" known what it further during his career should accompany. While his counterpart Nguyen Ulliot slowly chip for chip fell, Nguyen cheered their favorite with the slogan: "Go Go Master!" , it therefore decided to his friend Gary Withaker also something to support his friend and fired with "Devilfish Go!" at. After Ulliot had won the tournament, stood in the local media: "The Devilfish devours The Master". Since that time, Dave Ulliot across the scene as "The Devilfish" known.

Devilfish The name actually comes from Japan and comes from a toxic fish, also known as Tako, the consumption of this can be lethal if they are not properly prepared. Actually, he had his name briefly earlier in a live game in Birmingham will receive. The organizer of the live games, Au Yeung, was for each player a nickname invented. Among the other famous players, what their names Yeung have received included Surinder Sunar (Cobra) and Micky Wernick (the worm).

In 1997, played Ulliot the first time at the WSOP. He came with a bank roll in the amount of $ 200,000 after Vegas, but lost the most in cash games and tournaments. He then borrowed $ 70,000, which he also lost. He then made it still more to borrow $ 2,000 and put it on Pot Limit Holdem event. A day later, he sat at the Final Table, and ultimately secured his victory by his only previous WSOP bracelet. After his first WSOP event won Ulliot decided that his nickname "Devilfish" on his golden bracelet engraved to leave.

In the following weeks it went very well for Ulliot and he won every day, between $ 10,000 and $ 20,000 in cash games. At this time also plays Ulliot Heads-Up Pot Limit Omaha against the businessman and triple bracelet winner Lyle Berman. Ulliot left the table with a gain of $ 168,000 and the end of his journey, he had won about $ 750,000. He returned with suitcases full of money back to England and was from the local poker scene celebrated as a hero.

In 1999, Ulliot on Late Night Poker, and thus made himself an international reputation. When the season was also the first hole card cams used. This innovation was to the spectators for the first time possible, the hole cards to see and thus to learn how to play each hand - a fact which for the poker fans in England a lot of enthusiasm generated. During the preliminary rounds made it Ulliot known players such as Joe Beevers and Surinder Sunar defeat. Ultimately, he won the event for which he is a prize money of £ 40,000 received.

But more important than the money that was certainly the popularity of the "The Devilfish" by his eccentric personality and the way he talked his opponents, gained. More than 1.5 million Englishman looked to as Ulliot in Late Night Poker Final Table on sat. Ulliot played well in all the other consequences of Late Night Poker with, but managed only one more time to the Final Table.

Dave Ulliot is known for its appearance as a gentleman known. Another hallmark of his countless Ulliot sunglasses in different colors. He wears on each hand ankle ring, on the one where "Devil" on the other "fish" so that no one forgets who he is. Ulliot still has Wettverbot and may be attached to any form of horse bets or participate in sports betting, where he previously again and again for years and had won the bookmakers during this time is not really made happy. Most of his friends had for him as long as bets have been made to them was also prohibited.

In 2003, he had his biggest success when he was an event during the first session of the World Poker Tour in Binion's Horseshoe (Tunica / Mississippi) won. He received $ 589,175 for his victory, although he is against 160 opponents had to enforce. At the Final Table eliminated himself four of his five rivals and ended the heads-up against Phil Ivey. The commentator Mike Sexton said that Ulliot to the dominant players would include what he ever at a WPT Final Table has seen seated. At the second session of WPT Ulliot received an invitation for the Bad Boys of Poker event, where he was a bit unhappy at the Bubble ausschied.

One of his most recent success was in December 2007 his third place in the WPT's Doyle Brunson Classic ($ 674,500)

His attempts another WSOP bracelet to win, although so far failed, but he was briefly several times before. Following his WSOP victory in 1997, he sat four more times in the heads-up at a WSOP Final Table and was at all 4 heads-ups only Second, with the finals twice with hand Assen lost. At $ 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event in 2007, he was the 3rd Square, where he was a prize in the amount of $ 332,582 received.

Overall, he has at the WSOP 26 x prize money won, so he finds himself in the WSOP in the rankings at number 55, just behind Surinder Sunar, who is with 28 prize money on space is 48. The ranking is by Phil Hellmuth with 69 prizes given. In the 10 years in which he participates in the WSOP, has Ulliot in the WSOP approximately $ 1,400,000 won.

News has Ulliot in live tournaments around $ 5,300,000 won and leads the English all-time money winners list.

Dave Ulliot has 7 children and lives in his native city of Hull. Currently, he is from his third wife divorced.

source: pokernews.de