He is one of the UK’s most gifted poker players, has soared to great heights on the poker circuit and is well known for his controversial comments. Now, Dave “Devilfish” Ulliot is revealing it all in a brand new autobiography due out this week.

Devilfish – The Life and Times of a Poker Legend is a title may sound a bit pompous for the average guy in the street, but there is no denying that the book should provide for an interesting read.

Before he became famous, Ulliot lived a life that certainly makes for book material. His world was filled with so much violence that he served a stint in prison. The book tells of an incident when the player lead a riot over a snooker game while behind bars and also when he tried to smash a skinhead with a 10 kg weight.

When he was released from prison, Ulliot would visit poker rooms in England’s North carrying a gun.

The book has received good reviews from those who were offered the chance to read it before the official launch this week. Poker pro, Vicky Coren wrote for the Observer: “The book is, like the man, fast, funny, scary, cocky, colorful, and I adore them both.”

Card Player Europe reviewed the book and said: “Ulliott’s book is a thrilling ride out of the darkness and into the light. He tells his story with his trademark, tongue in cheek humor and is effortlessly charming – even when it turns dark, violent, and is verging on the amoral.”

Ulliott has made no less than eleven World Series of Poker final tables. He has cashes of nearly $6 million and has participated in over 200 tournaments around the globe.

The Chief Executive of Victory Poker, Dan Fleyshman, has ended days of speculation by confirming that the site is ready to move to the Cake Poker Network. Fleyschman said that Victory Poker will be moving from the Everleaf network and this will become effective from September 1st, 2010 – almost immediately.

While the CE said that Everleaf gave the site what it initially needed to get off the ground, he also said that it was time for Victory Poker to move to a new network that would help it expand and grow.

“I really was happy with the passion of the team at Everleaf but I felt like Cake could handle all things that I wanted deep down inside,” said Fleyschman.

“They have a Malta license which is where I happily live! Over 100 employees, management that I see working hard at all the conventions and loads of guaranteed tournaments! I’m really excited to do promotions with them, they are already successful but I want to help build that whole network on a global scale,” he added enthusiastically.

Stories of Victory Poker’s possible move to the Cake Poker Network began circulating last week after a source quoted Fleyschman as saying that he would be announcing major changes for the site on his birthday – September 1st.

A special celebratory party will be held by the high-profile poker room in London in order to celebrate the move to Cake Poker, with a special guest appearance by Playboy Playmate, Sara Underwood who will be locked up in a cage.

A photo shoot will also follow the announcement.

Victory Poker shares a close relationship with a number of popular poker professionals such as Doyle Brunson and Phil Laak.

ESPN.com, the worldwide media source that covers every kind of sports, started coming out with a list of the top ten poker players in the world back in December. This list is released on a monthly basis and was created to put some kind of order in an area that is sometimes a cause of confusion.

The list is called The Nuts and is compiled by a professional group of sports fans who regularly follow poker and examine the top players and how they are performing in the industry. The panel includes top contributors to ESPN’s poker board, including Gary Wise, Bernard Lee, Bluff Editor in Chief Lance Bradley, Bluff writer Jessica Walman, tournament reporter Don Peters and Poker News editor Matthew Parvis.

This month’s list was posted as follows:

When ESPN first started the list in December, Mercier occupied sixth place. However, his performance in WSOPE was so impressive that the panel sat up to take notice and this month, the young player found himself in the second spot.

“It’s pretty cool to be number 2,” he said. “I think that I’ve reached as high as I can go. I don’t think I have any chance of beating out Ivey.”
Scott Sevier, in the number ten spot, reached the list after he caught the panel’s attention for a good run of victories over the past couple of months. He had two six-figure scores in a week and his last three cashes have been over $200K.

The ESPN list said goodbye to Betrand Grospellier, despite his impressive 13th finish in the Euro Finals of Poker. It seems that fresh talent is only a poker round away and with the likes of Seiver and Mercier on the scene, top players will need to work harder to keep their spots on the list.