© Stephen Au-Yeung
“Swimming with the Devilfish”
The nickname Devilfish now registers with the poker world.
There are conflicting stories about where the nickname Devilfish originated.
In fact it began with Stephen Au-Yeung Who ran the Broad Street spieler in Birmingham
Winner of British no limit Hold'em championships 1992 and loved to give all his players an Animal Nickname.
“You’re the Devilfish,” he said to Dave, claiming this was a rare Asian fish that could poison you if not properly handled.
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Besides naming Dave Ulliott the DevilFish, Stephen also sold him the website DevilFishPoker.com, keeping for himself DevilFishPoker.co.uk.
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| The Naming of Devilfish – How a Legend was Born |
Twenty years ago – indeed it seems like a lifetime even though it was only 1985 – Stephen Au-Yeung, a professional gambler and regular Poker Tournament winner ran a high standard private Poker Game in Birmingham, UK.
The games played were generally either Texas Hold’em or Omaha. The fame of the game was such that it attracted players from beyond the West Midlands, UK.
One of the house rules insisted on by Stephen was that all regular players of a good standard be given special Animal nick-name. Thus Surindar Sunar became The Cobra, Derek Webb (Inventor of 3-Card Poker) White Tiger and Micky Wernick became The Worm.
Fast forward ten years and it was a dismal rainy sort of a night when a knock at the Poker Room door revealed a bedraggled young man in a rather damp raincoat.
The raincoat spoke “I’ve come all the way from Hull; is this the right place for a poker game?” Stephen recognised the raincoat from the card-room at The Rainbow Casino, He let him in and watched him play.
It quickly dawned on Stephen that despite a few rough edges the raincoat had an instinct for aggressive and winning poker. Stephen immediately gave him his Nick-name, his nom de guerre.
The name he gave was Devil Fish; the name of the raincoat was Dave Ulliott. The devilfish is an Asian delicacy, dangerous in the South China Sea and poisonous if not properly prepared.
The award of this name to Dave seemed right and proper. Amongst other players Stephen has given Animal-Nickname are: Marcel Luske Flying Fox, Peter Costa Silver Fox, Paul Maxfield Wildebeest, Jack McClelland Judge Jackal,Tom Kremseretc Nightingale, Nic Szeremeta Preying Mantis etc... PokerWallOfFame.com.
