You know that image you get of Devilfish off the TV as a vastly confident, if somewhat smarmy TV poker celeb? Well, it's probably not too far from the truth, and Mr Ulliott wasn't shy in expressing that side of his character in a hand with Paul Testud.
With the table encapsulated by the media, most of whom were enthralled that their countryman, Testud, was involved in a hand with the Fish, Devilfish lapped up the attention and took the opportunity to push his character even further into the cartoony image it has thus far created.
Laid back with his shades perched on the end of his nose, Dave was looking at a bet of 4k and a board of
. A beautiful American massuese massaging his back and shoulders, and possibly his ego, Dave sized up his opponent before making a swift call.
Testud meekly revealed his paltry
, only for Devilfish to confidently, and perhaps slightly arrogantly show his only just superior
.
Quiet in defeat, Testud listened on as Devilfish played up to the cameras, smugly making comments such as "Aah, trying to beat the Fish, huh?", "Let's Rock N Roll, baby," and "I don't need Aces here."
Devilfish loves it, the cameras love it, the other players probably hate it, but that's the Devilfish, and he's sure done a lot for the game in terms in raising it's profile, so it's tough to be overly critical.
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