Dave Ulliott
Dave Ulliott | |
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Dave Ulliott (2005) |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | April 4th 1954 |
place of birth | Hull |
date of death | April 6, 2015 |
Nickname | The Devilfish |
Live Poker Tournament Achievements | |
Highest prize money | $ 674,500 |
Total prize money | $ 6,235,521 |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelets | 1 |
Cashes | 33 |
Best main event | 72nd ( 2014 ) |
Main Event of the World Poker Tour | |
title | 1 |
Cashes | 11 |
Main event of the European Poker Tour | |
title | no |
Cashes | 2 |
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott (born April 4, 1954 in Hull ; † April 6, 2015 ) was a British poker player from England . Before turning pro, Ulliott was part of the Huller underworld .
At the poker table, he was known to wear orange sunglasses and brass knuckles with the words Devil and Fish engraved on them. With prize money of over $ 6.2 million and a bracelet , he was one of the most successful English poker players.
The early years and criminal activity
Dave Ulliott was born in 1954 to Stanley Ulliott, who served as a paratrooper in World War II , and his wife Joyce (née Jefferson) in Hull and grew up in a working class settlement .
He was briefly a member of a music band and left school without a degree at the age of 15 to work as a trophy maker. After visiting a bookmaker and winning the first bet with the payout 50: 1, he started betting on horses . Eventually he lost his job after spending an afternoon at the racecourse.
After he was hired by a team of safecrackers, he was caught by the police; several prison terms followed.
Poker career
From a young age he played poker with his parents. In the 1990s he met Gary Whitaker and soon had his first financial success.
It is reported that Ulliott often took a gun with him when playing private games as he often played in dangerous areas.
Greatest successes
- £ 100 Pot Limit Hold'em, European Open, London, 1996 - £ 11,325 prize pool
- £ 100 Pot Limit Hold'em, Christmas Cracker, London, 1996 - £ 8,725 prize pool
- $ 500 Pot Limit Omaha, Four Queens Poker Classic, Las Vegas, 1997 - $ 20,700 prize pool
- £ 200 Omaha, Spring Classic, London, 1997 cash prize - £ 13,250
- $ 2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em, WSOP, Las Vegas, 1997 prize pool - $ 180,310
- FF 1,000 Pot Limit Courcheval, Paris, 1997 Prize money - $ 10,902
- FF 1,000 Pot Limit Omaha, Spring Tournament, Paris, 1998 cash prize - $ 30,399
- FF 3,000 Pot Limit Omaha, Autumn Tournament, Paris, 1998 cash prize - $ 18,936
- Late Night Poker Live Tv Tournament, Cardiff, 1999 Purse - £ 40,000
- FF 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha, Spring Tournament, Paris, 2000 prize pool - $ 29,435
- FF 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha, Winter Tournament, Paris, 2000 prize pool - $ 34,735
- FF 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha, Spring Tournament, Paris, 2001 cash prize - $ 24,293
- SIT 1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em, Torneo di Poker, Nova Gorica, 2001 cash prize - $ 30,303
- FF 10,000 Pot Limit Omaha, Summer Tournament, Paris, 2001 cash prize - $ 53,013
- £ 500 Pot Limit 7-Card Stud, Euro Poker Championship, London, 2001 Purse - £ 36,611
- $ 1,000 Pot Limit Omaha, Binion World Poker Open, Tunica, 2002 prize pool - $ 123,772
- $ 500 Pot Limit Omaha, Caribbean Poker Classic, Palm Beach, 2002 Prize Pool - $ 8,150
- £ 100 Pot Limit Omaha, Northern Lights, Blackpool, 2002 cash prize - £ 6,090
- £ 250 Pot Limit Hold'em, Christmas Cracker, London, 2002 cash prize - £ 10,500
- $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em, Binion World Poker Open, Tunica, 2003 prize pool - $ 589,175
- £ 100 Pot Limit Omaha, Midlands Medley, Walsall, 2004 cash prize - £ 8,000
- £ 1,250 No Limit Hold'em, British Open, London, 2004 cash prize - £ 90,000
- € 500 Pot Limit Omaha, World Heads-Up Champion, Barcelona, 2004 cash prize - $ 29,672
- € 10,000 No Limit Hold'em, Euro Finals of Poker, Paris, 2005 Prize money - $ 50,091
- € 300 No Limit Hold'em, French Open, Deauville, 2005 Prize money - $ 5,442
- Poker Nations Cup, Cardiff, 2006 cash prize - $ 16,667
- $ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em, Five Diamond World Classic, Las Vegas, 2006 cash prize - $ 266,160
- $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em, World Poker Open, Tunica, 2007 prize pool - $ 109,192
- € 750 No Limit Hold'em, Irish Poker Championship, Galway, 2009 prize pool - $ 46,330
- € 5,000 No Limit Hold'em, Euro Finals of Poker, Paris, 2009 prize pool - $ 186,382
- In 1993, Ulliott won money for the first time in a public poker tournament.
- In 1996 he raked in £ 100,000 in prize money in two weeks, prompting him to go to Las Vegas for the first time .
- He was considered the best European Omaha Hold'em player.
- In two WSOP tournaments he was only beaten by Burt Boutin .
- He won over $ 6.2 million in official live poker tournaments.
World Series of Poker 1997
At the 1997 WSOP , he quickly lost $ 200,000 and another $ 20,000 borrowed after his losses. He scraped another $ 2,000 to play Pot Limit Texas Hold'em . He got into the heads-up against his compatriot Chris Truby. On the last hand, he moved all in with a flush and open-ended straight draw . Ulliott won with a straight on the river for $ 180,310 and his first bracelet.
In the further episode of the tournament he took part in various cash games , so that he was able to win over $ 700,000 in the end.
Other events
At a tournament on the World Poker Tour in Tunica , he was able to prevail against a field of 160 players and win prize money of almost 600,000 US dollars. Phil Ivey was second in this tournament .
Ulliott also successfully participated in the Late Night Poker Event and in various smaller tournaments, such as the PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup and the Intercontinental Poker Championship . On July 22, 2017, Ulliott was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame .
death
After Ulliott was diagnosed with colon cancer in February 2015, he died on April 6, 2015 at the age of 61.
Web links
- Dave Ulliott in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
- Dave Ulliott in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ David “Devilfish” Ulliott Dies Following Cancer Battle ( Memento from April 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 20, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Poker Hall of Fame - Ivey and Devilfish listed on pokerfirma.com on July 22, 2017, accessed July 24, 2017.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ulliott, Dave |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | The Devilfish (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British poker player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hull |
DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 2015 |