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Swimming with the Devil Fish: The Colourful Story of the UK's Number 1 Poker Player | 
 enlarge | Author: Des Wilson
Publisher: Macmillan UK
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 981518
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 330
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 1405089520
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412092
EAN: 9781405089524
ASIN: 1405089520
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
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Product Description
Dave "The Devil Fish" Ulliott has taken the poker world by storm since beginning to play at the age of 16. A world-class player, he is one of the most feared players on the ever-burgeoning global poker circuit, and he was the first British player to win a $500,000 poker event in the US. This powerful and revealing book uncovers the amazing world of professional poker in Britain, and for the first time tells the extraordinary stories of the countrys top poker professionals. It is a must-read for anyone who is part of, or fascinated by, the growth of professional poker.
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 Fun Book! January 29, 2008
Very entertaining look at one of the most colorful characters in poker!
Highly recommended
 Swimming with the Devil Fish January 3, 2008
This book should be retitled to "Swimming with the Poker Fish and Every other poker player in Europe". Too little about Devil Fish. Too much about everyone else.Swimming with the Devil Fish: The Colourful Story of the UK's Number 1 Poker Player
 More Sinner than Saint December 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Firstly, don't buy this to find the deep inner workings of a genius's mind. Frankly, don't buy it if you've never heard of Dave Ulliott. While hardly a "hagiography" - it won't make anyone want to recommend the man for a place in heaven - this book does a good job of showing how a certain type of gambler, even a criminal, can prevail in the world of poker even in the modern era of college geeks and mathematical wizards. By the way, it traces the history of some of England's best known modern poker players, and hence fills a gap in the poker lierature. Outside the crippling legislation of the US, poker's renaissance is continuing, and the Devilfish is as colorful as any Matusow or the tiresome Hellmuth. This is not a great book, but it's worth a read if you know something of the context. By contrast, Mr Wilson's next tome - Ghosts at the Table - is a very fine history and debunker of poker myth, that should be bought and devoured by all (not released in the US at the time of this review).
 Don't drown September 21, 2007
David "Devilfish" Ulliott is a poker player, and a great one at that. A hagiography, however, doesn't do much for this sort of being in the modern world. Perhaps the author might have chosen another time to write this legend lived large story: Victorian England might be otherwise appropriate.
Don't waste your time reading this; learn to play cards instead.
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