by Des Wilson · Pan Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330443968
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«Swimming with the Devil Fish» is Des Wilson's essay on the world of professional poker, published by Pan Books in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Des Wilson portrays Dave 'The Devilfish' Ulliott, a juvenile delinquent turned poker figure: the first Briton to win a $500,000 tournament in the United States and winner of the first edition of Late Night Poker. The book gathers stories of other British professionals and documents poker's move to television and the internet.
Published in 2007, with the subtitle 'Under the Surface of Professional Poker'.
Aimed at adult readers interested in professional poker and the biographies of its protagonists.
Des Wilson is a New Zealand-born British campaigner, political activist, businessman, sports administrator, author and poker player. He was one of the founders of the British homelessness charity Shelter and was for a while an activist in, and President of, the British Liberal Party.
