The Devilfish Is COMING HERE! Post Your Questions... (NOW ANSWERED) [Archive]

Administrator

30-09-2009, 13:24

So, Next Tuesday and for a few days next week, we're going to tie Mr Ulliott to a chair, shine a bright light in his face and force him to answer your questions!

We need questions from you, it can be anything. You can ask him about his miraculous hair if you like! :) (Devilfish will answer them next week, he's a bit busy winning the WSOPE at the moment.)

So post your questions here!!

DevilAdmin.

Lovemonk

30-09-2009, 16:07

So Dave, what's with the hair?

devilkarl

01-10-2009, 10:10

Any non-hair related questions? :)

Strategy, history, hands, gossip, WSOP, WPT...

pbforlan

01-10-2009, 10:15

Did he make any bad plays which he regrets in hindsight at WSOPE last week ?

BigH1771

01-10-2009, 12:45

ChaseUrsel

01-10-2009, 23:10

Has he ever been unable to think of a comeback to something someone has said to him at a poker table? If so what was said and who was it?

djsef

01-10-2009, 23:19

were the good old days really that good???:angel::devil2:

devilkarl

06-10-2009, 10:21

ok folks, lets step it up - Devilfish will be here on Thurs/Fri to answer questions!

he's had a busy year with some big early results a recent deep run in the recent WSOPE. He's off soon to hit the WPT Championship and the BIG GAME is Las Vegas.

Lovemonk

06-10-2009, 16:16

Dave; there are many poker books out there by professional players - would you or have you ever considered writing your own?

uistboy

06-10-2009, 21:26

Barring Devilfih do you play on any other internet poker site if so which one.
And if you do whats the biggest pot you have won

BigH1771

07-10-2009, 07:27

How much does he enjoy playing in his signature event on DF - the DF Bounty on Thursday night?

What does he really think of the standard of play?

Is he disappointed with the lack of numbers participating in this event?

Is there any specific players that impress him in the DF event he's played?

BigH1771

07-10-2009, 07:28

After your participation in last years pro-am darts (when you were let down by your partner), have you kept practising and do you hope to participate again this year?

BigH1771

07-10-2009, 07:28

Question from sef on another forum: what do you think of tom dwans million dollar challenge and who do you think will take him up on it? and better still who do you think will beat him?

BigH1771

07-10-2009, 07:29

More from djsef:

who do you think is the best female poker player?

whats your favourite game type?

what major tournaments do you plan on playing in this year?

BigH1771

07-10-2009, 07:30

Do you still have the list created at the end of last year pbforlan?

Administrator

07-10-2009, 18:49

We had some serious maintenance to do so Dave's Q&A will start Friday!

Sorry about that, couldnt be avoided. :(

My question is: Whats the best poker casino in his opinion.

DevilAdmin.

djsef

07-10-2009, 19:27

Question from sef on another forum: what do you think of tom dwans million dollar challenge and who do you think will take him up on it? and better still who do you think will beat him?
forgot about those ones H nice one :clap:

break out the list created for this very purpose PB:wink:

djsef

07-10-2009, 19:32

another quick question... fancy a HU for a fiver dave?? :whistling::devil:

or a DF limited edition chipset:biggrin::biggrin:

ALGAandGO

07-10-2009, 23:24

What is your opinion about ladies in poker, their style of playing and face control, etc.?

And could you be to play any freeroll now, here, online? Or is it too hard task for Pro?

Thank you very much, hope to see back once

K00PA

08-10-2009, 14:45

Hi Dave

What made you start to play poker?

deMONKEY

09-10-2009, 03:48

MooForMe

09-10-2009, 15:16

How many times have you been broke and how’d you manage to come back?

Who would play you in a movie of Devilfish?

What is your favourite live tourney?

What’s the best advice you can give to a moo moo like me starting out?

devilkarl

09-10-2009, 15:19

ok folks - Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott will be here tonight (maybe tomorrow due to headsup battle!) to answer your questions! If there's a couple more we can fit them in but we've a good bit for him to get through.

best thing is if he quotes each one and then pops in an answer. enjoy!

iulyaliuta

09-10-2009, 17:07

hello, what is your lucky thing that help you to win in entire life?

allmodcons

09-10-2009, 22:39

hi dave looking forward to playing u for the third time on hell table read ur book swimming with devilfish excellant read by the way but iread somewhere theres a new one coming out any idea when thats going to be

DevilBoss

10-10-2009, 15:35

cristi911

10-10-2009, 15:47

i call,it's a good hand two queens

uistboy

10-10-2009, 19:27

i call,it's a good hand two queens

Oh hi Dave:devil2:

xCROx

11-10-2009, 08:28

Hy,my question is how you financial stand on online play?Are you good or not?
And second question,are you have the impression that in the online play you get better card( in some little percentage ) then on the live game?Thank you for your time and sorry for bad english.

DevilBoss

12-10-2009, 15:09

Sorry guys, just got word from Devilfish and he has landed in Vegas but he wont have his laptop set up until tomorrow. He'll be answering all your questions once he gets online.

Apologies for the delay but I'm sure you appreciate the fact that we really get Dave to answer these questions himself rather than ghostwriting them.

Perplexed

12-10-2009, 20:34

Are you playing the IPO this weekend?

How would YOU describe your playing style (not how others perceive you.)

Could you make a living playing online without your TV money/ sponsorship etc. and what would you play? MTT's, STT's, cash etc. and what stakes would you be at?

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:18

Hi all,

Thanks for the questions and sorry for the delay. As you know I've been traveling and playing a lot lately, first in London and now in Vegas so I haven't been able to get to my laptop. I'm now in my room in the Bellagio looking forward to a few weeks of poker and partying! Thanks as always for playing on the site and for posting on the forum, my answers are below and I'll chat you all again soon.

Devilfish.

Did he make any bad plays which he regrets in hindsight at WSOPE last week ?

I can’t remember any particularly bad plays, but I lost a lot of chips when I was moved to a seat with a complete idiot sitting on my right. He had no idea how to play but he somehow gotten loads of chips. So anyway I took him on a lot in pots knowing that he would be giving his chips away. And he did give them away, but not to me! Unfortunately he always had best hand when we tangled, if I had AQ he had AK, if I had 66 he had 77, if I had QQ he had KK. ... He would always bet if he hit the flop and check call if he didn’t. The difficulty is that its tough to outplay bad players if you don’t have the nuts because you can’t convince them of anything and they will make bets which threaten your whole stack, for example he would bet like 20k into a 7k pot on the flop (at a point in the tournament when 20k was about a 3rd of your stack). Obviously he gave all his chips away pretty quickly but unfortunately I never had the hand to take them off him myself.

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:20

Considering his clashes with players like Prince Helmuth the VI (Phil to the majority of us) is it really just banter or are there moments he could really punch his lights out?? Has there been any close calls or is it too risky to comment openly? :wink:

No, Phil is a bit a mammy’s boy and not a fighter. I’m not a bully and I’d never punch someone like Phil. Funny story, a couple of years ago in Vegas I was walking through the lobby and I hear a high pitched voice yelling “security, security”. I run over and there’s Phil with two big guys, like bastketball players pointing in his face having a go at him. They turned on me but I got rid of them pretty quickly. Funny to see Phil screaming for security though. But Phil is just Phil, he’s a talker not a fighter and he’s a nice guy away from the table.

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:22

Has he ever been unable to think of a comeback to something someone has said to him at a poker table? If so what was said and who was it?

I don’t think so, I’m pretty sharp with wit whereas most players don’t have a sense of humour. They just shout and scream without being funny. A couple of years back I was playing a big TV tournament and after 7 minutes Mike Matusow was crying ‘Devilfish, don’t talk to me’. Helmuth was laughing that I had managed to shut up ‘The Mouth’.

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:23

were the good old days really that good???:angel::devil2:

It depends how far back you go. There were good days when I got married, had kids and funny things would happen in the jewellery shop. Before that times weren’t so good, I was in prison for a while and it was a pretty risky type of life. Now I have the Ferrari and the Hummer and a beautiful house so life is good, but all your experiences in the past makes you what you are today and it’s all part of the adventure.

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:25

Dave; there are many poker books out there by professional players - would you or have you ever considered writing your own?

I have a book coming out next year which I hope you will really like. It’s being published by Penguin and let’s hope it’s a best seller! It’s not a book on how to play poker, or poker techniques, it’s the story of my life from the backstreets of Hull all the way to Vegas and full of all the exciting adventures and funny stories in between. It's going really well at the moment so we are on course for its scheduled release next summer.

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:26

How much does he enjoy playing in his signature event on DF - the DF Bounty on Thursday night?

What does he really think of the standard of play?

Most of them are pretty good players, I don’t see too many do daft things, but to be honest it is difficult for me to play because I am limited in what I can do. I can never go all-in on a bluff, so that takes away my bluff moves, which limits my play. Basically, I always have to have a hand because no matter what I do, I’m always going to get called because players are getting 24/1 on their money (€250 bounty for their €10 buy-in). But I’ve won it twice so I guess it is usually the case that I am either going to go out early or I’m going to get a lot of chips and go deep.

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:27

After your participation in last years pro-am darts (when you were let down by your partner), have you kept practising and do you hope to participate again this year?

Yeah Eddie Hearn says he’s going to do another one so I’d love to be involved. At last year’s event I gave my darts to a 12 year old kid who came up with his dad to ask for an autograph. So I haven’t been practicing as I have no darts! But one week before it’s on I’ll get some darts and practice, but I’m not the greatest. I think I killed the cat and the dog practising las year!

I’m planning on doing some cage fighting when I get back from Vegas though – I’m going to knock the fuck out of the budgie

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:28

what do you think of tom dwans million dollar challenge and who do you think will take him up on it? and better still who do you think will beat him?

I hear people are a bit bored of watching it. It’s difficult to do a million dollar challenge over this really long period of time – when’s it done it’ll probably only work out at $50 a night! It’s a bit like watching Big Brother, someone is always asleep in bed when you turn it on. But both Dwan and Antonius as good players and good luck to ‘em.

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:30

who do you think is the best female poker player?

I’d say probably Jennifer Harman or Annie Duke.

whats your favourite game type?

Omaha cash games.

what major tournaments do you plan on playing in this year?

WPT at Bellagio and then I might go to Master Classics in Holland. To be honest I don’t usually decide to go to tournaments until about a week before they’re on.

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:31

Hi Dave

What made you start to play poker?

I started playing cards around the kitchen table with mum and dad. Then I saw two films that had a big impact on me Kaleidoscope and The Cincinnati Kid. The first job I had was in a jewellery shob which made trophies and I was boxing at the time. For half of my lunch break I’d be punching the punch bag I had hanging out the back, and the other half I’d playing poker with the guys. One of the older guys then introduced me to the 51 club in Hull.

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:32

Last week I was giving my mate a history lesson on the late great Roy Orbison, when
we stumbled upon this pic of him....

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/sissorhead666/roypic.jpg?t=1255060007

Just wanted to know...are you a fan?
Or am I a complete tit for posting this? :biggrin:

Well I definitely don’t look like Roy Orbison! But I am a fan of his. They used to say he had the best voice in the world.

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:39

How many times have you been broke and how’d you manage to come back?

I’ve been broke more times than Humpty Dumpty. When I went broke I just had to go back to the grind in the jewellery store until I had regrouped and could get back in the game.

Who would play you in a movie of Devilfish?

'Shameless' actor James McAvoy when I was a young man... and I'd play myself as I am now!

What is your favourite live tourney?

WSOP Main Event – it’s just a pity that it’s the last tournament after 6 long weeks so everyone is fucking knackered!

What’s the best advice you can give to a moo moo like me starting out?

Money management is the main thing. And don’t move up too quickly. If you find a winning game with a winning line up stick to it and make a big profit. Don’t move up levels too quickly. If I was starting now I’d be watching players, taking notes and getting as much information as I can. Online is great for that as you can easily take note on players and check them out before ever sitting at a table with them. I’d also read everything I could get my hands on and watch the game on TV and online. There are lots of tells online, you can’t look a guy in the eye but betting patterns give a lot away and you should be taking note of how every player bets when they have the nuts, are bluffing or when they’ve only caught a little bit of the flop. So the two key things are get as much information as you can and look after your money.

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:39

hello, what is your lucky thing that help you to win in entire life?

I’m not superstitious but I have a funny story. I was in a Chinese restaurant with a girl, and there was this ornament on the table, a kind of fish in a pot. Anyway she said it looked like a Devilfish so I took it with me and I used to stand it on my cards when I was playing in Nottingham. Anyway I started to destroy the game, I won 65 out of 70 sessions or something crazy like that. Then one night I had the worst bad beat your could ever imagine and I said to the guy who ran the game “bring me a hammer”. The guy who had just won the pot, well his face dropped. He was white as a ghost. The owner then handed me the hammer and I proceeded to smash the ornament to peices, with bits of it flying everywhere! A year later when I won the bracelet I was being interviewed by the TV and the owner came up behind the camera and held up a little piece of the ornament – he’d saved it all that time!

devilfish

15-10-2009, 11:40

Hi guys,

Devilfish was missing in action today .... presumably due to some late night partying after his trip to London :biggrin:

He'll be here on Monday though, so you've all got another day to post your questions

My question is:

You're playing the World Series of Poker Main Event. It is the very first hand, the blinds are 25/50 and you have 20,000 chips. You are in the Big Blind.

It is folded around to the Small Blind who announces "all-in".

As he pushes his chips into the middle he accidentally flips over his cards to reveal AK suited. You look down at your hand and you have Pocket Queens.

What do you do and why?

Fold! Especially the way I run in coin flips. There is no need to take a coin flip in the first hand when everybody’s got 400 big blinds. In a way I wish the WSOP Main Event was pot limit as most of the skill in poker comes from playing the flop and you can get bad players using huge bets to their advantage in no limit because they can eliminate a lot of the skill factor with big all-ins. I like to play a lot of small pot poker so no I would fold the Queens without a second’s thought.

BigH1771

15-10-2009, 14:03

Great responses there Devilfish. Some very nice insights as well. Good luck with the main events you decide to enter in a week before they start :smile:

ChaseUrsel

16-10-2009, 13:01

Nice one Dave. Good luck in Vegas mate.

Ever thought of doing a video diary for one of these events to share with the members of Devilfish Poker? Or is that a bit risky? :biggrin::censored:

Lovemonk

17-10-2009, 20:18

I have a book coming out next year which I hope you will really like. It’s being published by Penguin and let’s hope it’s a best seller! It’s not a book on how to play poker, or poker techniques, it’s the story of my life from the backstreets of Hull all the way to Vegas and full of all the exciting adventures and funny stories in between. It's going really well at the moment so we are on course for its scheduled release next summer.

Sounds good, I'll definitely pick up a copy. You should get some offered up as prizes in DF events. :)