Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott Reveals Riotous Past in Autobiography Out Next Week

LONDON, September 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

- "Devilfish - The Life & Times of a Poker Legend", Published Penguin on September 9, Shines Light On Poker Star's Near Murderous Prison Past

The UK's most successful ever tournament poker player, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, is never far from controversy and his new autobiography, published by Penguin on September 9, is expected to fuel debate about the colourful and charismatic gambling legend ahead of the book launch tomorrow at Poker in the Park, London.

In this explosive and insightful book Ulliott reveals, for the first time, the extent of the violent and unpredictable world in which he lived before he found poker fame and fortune.

He details in glorious technicolour his near ruinous stints in prison which saw him spark a riot over a snooker game and in self-defence attempt to smash a skinhead weight lifter with a 10-kilo weight.

Ulliott goes on to admit regularly toting a gun to his backroom poker games around the north of England, and occasionally using it.

However, the violence of his early life is tempered with a decency and sense of humour and has received high praise from those who have read it so far, including:

"The book is, like the man, fast, funny, scary, smart, cocky, colourful, and I adore them both." Vicky Coren, The Observer.

"Ulliott's book is a thrilling ride out of the darkness and into the light. He tells his story with his trademark, tongue-in-cheek humour and is effortlessly charming - even when it turns dark, violent, and is verging on the amoral." Card Player Europe.

"It's realistic, thought-provoking and... compelling stuff." Blonde Poker.

Devilfish launches his new book, Devilfish: Life and Times of a Poker Legend at Poker in the Park on September 3 in Leicester Square at 7.00 p.m. in the Lecture Marquee with a public reading followed by a Q&A and book-signing session.

About Devilfish

"Devilfish - The Life & Times of a Poker Legend" is published in the UK by Penguin on September 9, 2010 and is now available at Amazon.co.uk http://www.amazon.co.uk/Devilfish-Life-Times-Poker-Legend/dp/067091889X/ref=s r_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273580006&sr=1-1

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Dave Ulliott has made 11 World Series of Poker final tables, winning one bracelet ($2,000 pot-limit hold'em in 1997) coming second four times and third three times. In 1999 he won the first series of seminal poker TV show Late Night Poker, in 2003 he won the $10,000 World Poker Tour World Championship event and in 2009 took down the Euro Finals of Poker Diamond Championship event in Paris.

He is the all-time leading UK tournament poker player with cashes of $5.9 million in around 200 tournaments around the world.

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