Dave Ulliott - Autobiography

Autobiography

In the spring of 2010, Penguin Books announced the publication of Ulliott's autobiography, DEVILFISH: The Life & Times of a Poker Legend, in September, 2010.

The book was launched at Poker in the Park – Europe's largest free poker festival, held in London's Leicester Square – with a book signing session and talk by Ulliott.

The book was very favourably reviewed by journalist and poker player Victoria Coren in The Observer Review in which she recounts her first meeting with Ulliot:

'In 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.'

In the review, Coren declares her initial reluctance to review the book, but concludes:

'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.'

The book was also reviewed at Card Player. Blonde Poker and Ulliott was even interviewed by the Financial Times.