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{PDF EPUB} Devilfish the Life Times of a Poker Legend by Dave Ulliott Devilfish: the Life and Times of a Poker Legend by Dave Ulliot Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Devilfish The Life Times of a Poker Legend by Dave Ulliott Devilfish: The Life and Times of a Poker Legend by Dave Ulliot. I n the winter of 1999, on the sixth floor of a Cardiff hotel, I walked into a lift to find it already occupied by an elderly couple and a tall, sinister- looking fellow in a black leather trench coat and red sunglasses. "The Devilfish!" I breathed. "Can I hold your bracelet?" Without a word, the shady gentleman slipped a heavy gold bracelet off his wrist and jingled it into my hand. The elderly couple must have thought we were both insane. The lift was going down to the lobby, where a pair of nervous young researchers were waiting to collect a motley crew of gamblers for a recording of the cult new TV series Late Night Poker . By "motley", I mean that the scope was wide enough to include both me, a twentysomething university graduate with a column in the Daily Telegraph and a liking for recreational card games, and Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot, a Hull pawnbroker with a criminal record and a gold bracelet to demonstrate that he had been to Las Vegas and won a massive tournament in the World Series of Poker. In my book, For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair With Poker , I tried to explain how a girl like me, with every advantage in life, a famous father, a private education, a decent job and a voice like Princess Margaret, could end up doing something as disreputable as playing poker. In his new book, Devilfish: The Life and Times of a Poker Legend , Dave Ulliot explains how a man like him, from a council house "so small we had to paint furniture on the walls", with an innate gambling addiction and criminal friends, who had served two prison terms for burglary and safe- cracking, who was in so many street fights he started carrying a gun on the streets of Bradford, could end up doing something as respectable as playing poker. But it doesn't matter where you come from; like a halogen lamp on a mosquito farm, poker will attract anyone who wants a buzz. That awe-struck meeting in the lift turned into a long friendship between like minds. Ulliot does an excellent job of explaining how it is not about the money but the need to play. He and I are both, for example, suckers for a game of Scrabble. In my case, it was a calm and bonding pastime for a middle-class London family. In Dave's case, it whiled away the hours in Armley nick, where "everyone always ended up arguing because no bastard could spell". He is no WG Sebald. If you're looking for a hyper-conscious examination of the nature of memory, this isn't the book for you. However, you will be in clover if you want to be rousingly entertained by a man who will tell you from experience that "If you live slap bang between a fish warehouse and an abattoir, you're happy when you catch a cold." I am usually suspicious of ghost writers. But Marcus Georgiou, generously credited on page one, has done a great job of letting Ulliot's tone come through: this is clearly the man's own voice, well compiled to make a fast-paced, hugely enjoyable tale. Reading this book is like sitting with Devilfish in a pub. His turn of phrase is naturally funny and occasionally poetic (an opponent is "as pale as Dracula's feet"); apply that verbal dexterity to the life he's had and you've got one solid piece of entertainment. This is a man with juicy stories to tell. One time, after going broke in a poker game against a wealthy antiques dealer, Devilfish wonders how to raise more stake money and sit back down. Inspiration strikes: he breaks into a local auction house and steals a grandfather clock. Clanking back up the stairs of the antique dealer's home, giant clock in tow, he recalls that "it sounded like I was shagging Big Ben". Now that poker is a respectable international sport, played on TV by clean-cut students with maths degrees, Devilfish (with his dodgy past, off- colour jokes and old-fashioned, obvious appreciation of women) can cut a controversial figure. There are some, in the newly clean and sober game, who disapprove of him. I am not one of them, for two reasons. The first is that Devilfish is the soul of poker: a link back to the days when it was all colourful characters with sharp wits and shady backgrounds. Say what you like about mathematical Scandinavians, but they're not the most fun on a long-haul flight. The other is that he has a massive heart. Retired burglar he may be, but Dave Ulliot is a loyal friend and a kind man, whose tactile and deeply sentimental love for his ex-wife and children (expressed throughout the book without a trace of manly embarrassment) is born from instinct, not from anything he learned in his own upbringing. Now wealthy, successful and famous, "The Fish" jets between glamorous gambling hotspots, but he knows where home is; this book may be unique in the history of literature for including the line: "Don't get me wrong – I love Hull." I was nervous to review it, in case it was bad. Dave Ulliot is a friend of mine. And he has a gun. But I needn't have worried. The book is, like the man, fast, funny, scary, smart, cocky, colourful, and I adore them both. Книга: Dave Ulliott «Devilfish: The Life And Times of A Poker Legend» From prison cell to Las Vegas penthouse, Devilfish: The Life&Times of a Poker Legend is the no-holds-barred life story of the UK's best poker player and all-time legend, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott. Ever wanted a seat at the table with the Devilfish? Well, now's your chance . Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott is the the most successful poker player in British history, with tournament winnings of 6 million. But he started life with an unlucky hand -on a council estate in Hull, boredom staved off by a spot of safe-cracking. He finally found his true vocation at the card table. From prison to a penthouse in Las Vegas; from gang fights to parties at the Playboy mansion; from losing $700, 000 in a day to winning a World Series of Poker bracelet; from being public enemy No 1 to the big draw on Channel Four's Late Night Poker, Devilfish knows what it means to lose and win big. And still come out cracking jokes. 'This is a full life story from the fish's own mouth: his jokes, his sauce, and detailed. Издательство: "Penguin Group" (2011) Формат: 130x200, 400 стр. Dave Ulliott. Dave Ulliott Dave Ulliott on the 2005 World Series of Poker Nickname(s) The Devilfish, The Clock Hometown Kingston upon Hull Born 4 April 1954 ( 1954-04-04 ) (age 57) World Series of Poker Bracelet(s) 1 Money finish(es) 27 Highest ITM Main Event finish 72nd, 2004 World Poker Tour Title(s) 1 Final table(s) 2 Money finish(es) 8 European Poker Tour Title(s) None Final table(s) None Money finish(es) 1 Information accurate as of 2009-07-20. David A. Ulliott (born 4 April 1954 [ 1 ] in Kingston upon Hull), known by the nickname Devilfish , is an English professional gambler and poker player. Formerly, Ulliott was a minor figure in the Hull underworld, [ 1 ] but went on to become a World Series of Poker bracelet-winner, and a mainstay of televised poker. At the poker table, he is known for wearing orange-tinted prescription sunglasses, a sharp suit (or leather jacket) and gold knuckleduster rings reading "Devil" and "Fish", which he made himself. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Contents. Early years and criminal activities. Ulliott was born the son of Stanley Ulliott, a World War II paratrooper turned truck driver and his wife Joyce (née Jefferson). He grew up in a small council house in a working class area, where he shared a room with his sister Janet (who later died of cancer). Ulliott was unmotivated throughout his education and left school at the age of 15, without any O-levels, to take his first job making trophies for G K Beaulah. After visiting the bookies with his father and winning his first bet at 50:1, he picked winners at horse racing with his work colleagues during hot lunch breaks. He was eventually fired from the job for taking an afternoon off to go to the races. [ 1 ] At the age of 19, Ulliott was involved in a fight on the way home from the Golden Nugget Pool Hall in Kingston upon Hull. Ulliott was set upon by five men and their wives (one of whom slashed his face with a steel comb), after protecting his younger brother. He fought back and eventually returned home. Ulliott later claimed that he was proud of the experience and the incident made him realise that he could not be beaten in a fight "inside". [ 1 ] Ulliott became involved in a safe-cracking team soon after, after being advised by the rest of the team that everyone was involved in the operation, including the shops, which carried out insurance fraud, and the police, who turned a blind eye. Together, they targeted tobacconists, off-license, and garages. On one occasion, when Ulliott lost over £5,000 at the bookies, he robbed that safe too, and took it home in a pram.
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