David Devilfish Ulliott, the son of a truck driver, began playing poker at the age of 16, although he pursued a different career at first. He 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.
Ulliott got his nickname of "Devilfish" from friend and spectator Stevie Au-Yeung 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, 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.
He became a minor celebrity in the United Kingdom in 1999 after winning the first Late Night Poker Grand Final, defeating Dave "Karizma" Welch in the final heads-up confrontation. He also made the final table of Late Night Poker's second Grand Final, but made an early exit. Despite playing in the remaining four series of the show, he never made the final table again.
He is almost certainly the best-known British poker player at present, even more so than 1990 WSOP Champion Mansour Matloubi of Wales. His biggest prize, however, came with the Jack Binion World Poker Open stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT), a no limit Texas hold 'em tournament in which he won first prize and almost $600,000.
In the inaugural edition of PokerPlayer magazine (October 2005) Ulliott was voted #9 on their Top 10 Poker Legends List.
Ulliott is arguably the best pot-limit Omaha hold'em player in the world. He won the WSOP title for the event in 1997 and has finished in 2nd place five times. In all tournaments combined he has finished in the money more than 35 times since 1997.
Ulliott also captained the winning British team in the 888.com Poker Nations Cup.
As of 2006, Ulliott has won over $3,600,000 in live tournament play, making him the top money winning English player in history.
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