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Dave Ulliott. Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott took the poker world by storm since beginning to play poker at the age of 16. Dave Ulliott jumped head first into the Mecca, Vegas scene when no one local would play him since he won all the time...
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Name: Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott
Date of Birth: 04/01/1954
Birthplace: Hull, England
About Dave
Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott has taken the poker world by storm since beginning to play poker at the age of 16.
Dave Ulliott worked as a jeweler and pawnbroker while playing cash games on the side. By the 1990s nobody in England would
play with him, so in 1996 he switched to tournament poker and began playing in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dave Ulliott is arguably the best pot-limit Omaha hold'em player in the world. He won the World Series of Poker title for
the event in 1997 and has finished in 2nd place five times.
His biggest prize came with the Jack Binion World Poker Open stop on the World Poker Tour, a no limit Texas hold'em
tournament in which he won first prize and almost $600,000.
As of 2004, Dave Ulliott had won over $2.6 million in tournament play, making him the top money winning English player in
history. He has one WSOP title and one WPT title.
Dave Ulliott's Nickname
Ulliott got his nickname of "Devilfish" from friend and spectator Stevie Young when playing heads up with Men "The
Master" Nguyen.
The devil fish, or tako, is a poisonous fish that can kill people when ingested, if not properly prepared. Likewise,
Dave Ulliott believes that if his opponents are not properly prepared, he will defeat them.
He wears large rings that say "devil" and "fish" on his two hands which he created himself. His nickname prior to then
was "Dave the Clock" because he used a grandfather clock as a buy-in to a local game in England.
Dave Ulliott's Accomplishments
WSOP 1997 Pot Limit Hold'em Champion
1998 2nd in Same Tournament
1997 Omaha 4 Queens Winner
European Omaha Championship in Parish 1998
WSOP 2000 No Limit Hold'em $2000. Shared 1st & 2nd $296,000 each.
WSOP 2000 Omaha High Pot Limit - 5th
WSOP 2001 Event #8 Pot Limit Omaha = 2nd
Master Classics 2001 Pot Limit Omaha = 2nd
World Poker Open 2002 $10,000 Main Event = 5th
World Poker Open 2002 Event #14 Limit Omaha Hi = 1st
Four Queens Poker Classic Sept 2002 Event# 7 Pot Limit Omaha = 4th
Master Classics of Poker Nov 2003 Lido Main event = 3rd
World Poker Open 2003 $10,000 main event = 1st
Worlds Heads up May 2003 = 2nd
British Open March 2004 No Limit Hold'em = 1st
Finished 1st in the first series of television Late Night Poker in the UK.
2004 WSOP David 'Devilfish' Ulliott = 72 (won $30,000)
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