Find out everything about UK Poker in ‘Swimming with the Devil Fish’

The growth of the poker industry has been quite rapid in the United States and newer trends in the market are seen from time to time. However, the poker industry in the United Kingdom is no less colorful as Des Wilson has penned in his book ‘Swimming with the Devil Fish’ that was released last June.

Readers will find all the information about the growth of UK poker from the beginning to its present state. The story of many of the UK poker stars comes alive in the pages of this book which is a must read for all you poker lovers.

The intriguing stories of a number of UK poker players are well documented in this unusually titled book which is a reference to the well known poker player Dave ‘The Devilfish’ Ulliott.

The book is an extensive look into the poker industry in the United Kingdom. The author has gathered many interesting stories in the book which are delivered in an entertaining style, which will appeal to both expert and new poker players.

Poker in the UK in its beginning was played illegally in the dens and spielers but today the game has earned respect and has become a pastime for many Britons. The author calls on the top professional UK poker players to collect his stories and traveled for a year around the poker circuits of national and international fame to collect the material for the book.

Readers will surely find answers to their questions like, who were those old school poker pros. Where did they come from, what was the secret of their success? And how they lived their lives?

Readers would find the answer to the title of the book in the first few chapters which narrates the story of ‘The Devilfish’, Dave Ulliott. Ulliott’s early life was one of small crimes and poverty but this player later on emerged as a superstar of the game. Dave Ulliott won the series of Late Night Poker, which was at the time the first competition of its kind, and later on, he also won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet which is the dream of every poker player.

The book has the complete story of the Devilfish, Dave Ulliott in the book but there are also stories of other poker players that are worth reading. The other poker stars that find place in the book include Lucy Rokach, Roy ‘The Boy’ Brindley’, Willie ‘The Diceman’ Tann, Dave ‘El Blondie’ Colclough, ‘Gentleman’ Liam Flood and other such star UK players.

The author has shown the world in which these players lived which really was quite unusual and not what people would necessarily think about star poker players. The book also reveals some of the other sides of these players like those with a gambling background indulging on other gambling forms like horses and used to go broke by wasting their money on such pursuits.

The honest story by players like Simon ‘Aces’ Trumper, Roy Brindley, and Paul Jackson startles readers with the events they underwent during their poker career.

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