Dave Ulliott

Dave Ulliott
Dave Ulliott (2005)
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	0.$ 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

Commons : Dave Ulliott  - collection of images

• Dave Ulliott in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Dave Ulliott in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ David “Devilfish” Ulliott Dies Following Cancer Battle ( Memento from April 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 20, 2020 (English).
2. ↑ Poker Hall of Fame - Ivey and Devilfish listed on pokerfirma.com on July 22, 2017, accessed July 24, 2017.