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"I'd swim across shark-infested waters with a pork chop hanging around my neck in order to play the best poker players in the world."
Dave about his ambitious nature
01.04.1962
Hull, UK
Aries
Divorced
7
Hull, UK
Great Britain
Jeweler
Music (plays guitar and piano)
All kinds of music
Minorca
Once Upon a Time in America
Princess Diana
...during his childhood
Omaha
Aggressive
Johnny Chan
„He’s like one of those trained guard dogs – lots of bark, not much bite! The kind of guy who you actually want to hang out with. A regular beer-swilling kind of guy.“ (Robert Williamson III)
...he would find a cure for all big diseases
...he would never go broke again
Once threw $ 40,000 in the trash can; had to do time in prison; frequented casinos at the age of 15; engraved his nickname "Devilfish" on his first Gold Bracelet; played in a band as a teenager; fabricated the big rings he's always wearing himself
Dave Ulliott was born 1 April 1962 in Kingston Upon Hull (more frequent: Hull), a small city in the north of England. He was raised in a typical working class neighbourhood by his father Stanley Ulliott, who was a World War II paratrooper and his mother Joyce (née Jefferson). Dave Ulliott also had a sister, who unfortunately she suffered from cancer and died...
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