Brian Garvin asked:


David Ulliott has been one of the most eminent players of the world since the time from when he has been in the world of gambling and poker. Originally, this legendary figure is an English man from Hull, London. He is more popularly known as “Devilfish” to the world for his stunning attitude and smartness that he has generated within the players who have been inspired by him for many years.

He is such a player whom the opponents dread like hell and this is the reason why he is compared with that poisonous fish that can hamper the facing player at any moment if he is not prepared well for his game. The man with a little bit arrogant personality, that makes him attractive more, is quite regular at the international tables of poker. Not only for his world famous attitude of boldness and gaming superiority, is he known for his unusual dressing sense that has been an icon for the Poker Players of the world many years.
Most interestingly, David Ulliott has been more famous for achieving the second best position in the World Series of poker events that honored him with one bracelet. In short, when to elaborate his biography, you will know him better with the words “swimming with the Devilfish” while you are searching for the British Poker Biography. However, the path has not been much rosy for this legendary figure all the time, as he has to spend some hard working days initially until he became one of the “masters” of the Las Vegas tournament in the last 1997.

Notwithstanding the fact that this man of international repute has seen some black-out days of his life, his intense wisdom for the poker, in addition his unparalleled spirit has brought him up to the position of global glamour where the most of the people merely dream to reach. Since his childhood, David Ulliott as a child too showed every potentiality of being an incredible gambler as the matter was to some evident when the boy used to win a lot of money from his co-students in the school where he used to win the games regularly during the lunch periods.

At the age of 16, Ulliott entered the world of gambling and stunned the whole world with his incomparable gaming fantasy and expertise. From the early 1990s David Ulliott began his tournament career and championed in the field too. All through his career, he has been very much in the inclination for playing for the London events although he has not taken himself aloof from the international events too as the poker event in Las Vegas gave him the supreme glory that he has dreamt for long. On the same year, that was the year 1997; he joined the world series of poker and started to strike one game after another with his indomitable spirit and skill.

One more dashing achievement came forward him with the championship of the world poker tour with $10,000 by playing No-Limit Hod’em in the year 2003. Apart from being a great international player, he is extremely absorbed in his family at London where he lives with his wife and seven children. Besides his fascination in poker, Ulliott is a sincere fan of music too and spends a lot of his leisure with his guitar and piano, the two instruments that he also masters.



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M.J. Morgan asked:


Machismo is defined by Wikipedia as “a prominently exhibited or excessive masculinity.” This expression is naturally associated with men, but as a dominant aspect of human culture, some women have adopted its traits. When playing poker, both women and men can suffer if they apply a prominently macho strategy, which is not advisable.

 

“Macho” poker stands on a basis of a few commandments, here described by author and player Alan Schoonmaker:

 

• “You must have enough confidence in your judgment to act decisively.

 

• You must take stands to prevent aggressive players from running over you.

 

• You must bet and raise to protect your hands and get the full value from them.

 

• You must have enough cockiness to create a strong image.”

 

However, some players have taken those poker principles too far, and instead of increasing their bankroll, they harm it. Shoonmaker lists some dangers of poker machismo that can leave players (both male and female) empty-handed.

 

Playing unaffordable games. A characteristic of machismo is having something to prove all the time. This ego-driven energy makes some players get involved in poker games they cannot afford financially or psychologically, which results in devastating loses and no learning experiences.

 

Attempting to beat more powerful opponents. An innate trait of machos is the fact that thy cannot accept the existence of players better than themselves. Machos try to prove they are always better than everybody else, which more than often results in humiliation when they have to empty their pockets to their “inferior” opponents.

 

Playing bad hands. Some macho players think they can just play any hand by bluffing and expect a good result, which is a fallacy, since good players only risk their funds when they have a large edge, not a large ego.

 
Overplaying bad hands. A macho way of kicking it up a notch is proving they are big gamblers when they have a bad hand, which sets them up as ideal victims for good players who notice and take advantage of this.

 

Getting personal about blinds and weak hands. Once a good player figures out the macho pattern and starts attacking, machos get offended and the personal drama starts, insulting others or complaining of unfair dealing.

 

Challenging players for heads-up matches. This is the most violent action you can propose in a poker game. What follows is a duel against a cooler-headed player which may include a display of fancy moves that will ultimately put the macho’s money in the hands of the other player.

 

Taking revenge. The thirst for making others suffer in a poker game usually blinds macho players to their own mistakes, leaving them broke more often than not.

 

Playing expert or big brother. Machos stimulate their ego with criticism or lectures to other players, but what they are really doing is scaring the fish away or educating them, both bad strategies.

 

Hiding their failures. A typical macho act is covering their messes to protect their ego; what they don’t understand is they are not letting themselves look at their mistakes and learning from them.

 

Schoonmaker has some recommendations for macho players who are now suffering from their actions and ready to make a change:

 

1- Show people what a wonder you are at places other than casinos, where it will not only cost you your dignity but also your money.

 

2- Catch your destructive ego-tripping by thinking about the reasons why you engage in any of the previously discussed behaviours: most of the time you will discover you have wrong reasons for acting a certain way and you can actually start changing your macho ways.

 

3- Focus on learning from others rather than on showing off or getting others to admire you; poker is about money, not people.

 

Machismo is definitely not the best path for anybody; it can only assure to maintain personal insecurities and ignorance in people’s relationship with gender as well as in their relationship with poker.



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Timmor L. White asked:


In a previous article (“Yes, You Can Cheat at Online Poker”), I make the point that cheating is possible when playing poker. That being the case, you are faced with the decision whether or not to do it.

My answer to you is NO. I advise you to learn to play properly and to develop your skill so you can win fairly. Do not get caught up in cheating. To help you resist the temptation, here are five reasons why you should not cheat:

1) Cheating is not fair. Don’t scoff at this reason. There is great value in playing according to the rules. A sense of fairness is the essence upon which all order and justice proceeds. There are already plenty of injustices in our world. Why add to that total? The challenge of any game, whether it be poker or any other, is to win and beat your opponents within the framework of the established rules. That is the essence of meaningful competition. When you cheat, you break out of that framework, and you act in a way that is not within the bounds of what is acceptable. There is no challenge in cheating; you accomplish nothing of merit, since by not following the rules, you are not constrained by the same regulations that control others. For that reason, cheating is a travesty to everything that is decent and proper.

2) Cheating is morally wrong. Whether or not you believe in God, you surely have a sense of what is right and what is wrong. Ultimately, righteousness is its own reward. According to the laws of karma, what goes around comes around. By cheating, you are putting negative, destructive energy into the universe. Some day, your actions will come back to haunt you in one way or another. That does not sound like an appealing prospect, does it?

3) You are hurting others (and yourself). When you play poker, whether online or face-to-face, you are competing with real opponents. The people sitting across from you at a poker table are living, breathing individuals. Your table-mates are people with real families and real lives. When you compete with them in an unfair manner, you are directly harming them, even if they are unaware of your activities. Furthermore, you are harming yourself. This is not always obvious, but it is nonetheless certain. Self-esteem is a critical requirement for happiness. You must possess a measure of self-worth to attain any sense of purpose. When you cheat, you deprive yourself of your full measure of self-esteem. Even if you think this does not happen, it does.

4) Your poker skills will suffer. People who cheat at poker, no matter what they say or how strongly they say it, do not play the game of poker well. Cheaters never develop superior skill. When they are in a game, their mind is not thinking along the lines of skillful play. Cheaters filter everything they do, every situation they are in, through the prism of cheating. As a result, they never develop an ability to play the game well in honest competition. Simply put, if you have your sights on notoriety in the poker world, do not start down the path of cheating. You will be unable to cheat in high-profile tournaments and games with top professionals, and you will be like a fish out of water without your cheating ways. Many cheaters reason that they can start cheating to acquire a bankroll, and then once they get going, they can stop cheating and learn to play the game properly. Trust me on this point: that NEVER happens! Your best intentions aside, you are living in dreamland if you think you will do that.

5) You might get caught. There are really two separate categories of poker here: online and in-person. When playing online, there are specific ways of cheating that are virtually impossible to detect, so you may reasonably expect to remain unnoticed when using one of those methods. (To explore a specific way to cheat online, click here: Poker Cheat.) But playing poker in person is an entirely different matter. Cheaters can, and often do, get caught. In order to cheat effectively in person, you need to become really, really good at it. Pretty good is not good enough. Cheating in person requires literally years of dedication and practice. You cannot simply learn a method of cheating and then go out and execute it flawlessly and expect to not be discovered. Most people do not have the commitment and determination to become good enough at cheating in person to actually pull it off. Therefore, their odds of getting caught are high.

In short, cheating is a dangerous path to start down. Cheating is harmful to yourself and others, and the habitual practice of cheating typically ends badly. Here is a critical point: Even if you never get caught, cheating is still unwise! Cheating is never anything of which to be proud. These facts are reason enough to eschew any thoughts you may entertain of cheating. If you are smart, you will learn to play the wonderful game of poker within the framework of the rules. You will practice and improve your skill over time. You will build your bankroll, and you will achieve real success and a true sense of self-worth. And you will leave the cheating to those less informed than yourself.



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