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Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott (born January 4, 1954 in Hull, England) is a professional poker player.
Ulliott 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 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. In all tournaments combined he has finished in the money more than 35 times since 1997. His biggest prize, however, 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, has 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.
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, 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.
Ulliott is a spokesman for online poker site Ultimate Bet (http://www.ultimatebet.com/).
Ulliott resides with his wife in Hull, England.
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