Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott Speaks at the World Famous Oxford Union This Weekend
| 14 May 2009 |
LONDON, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, ambassador for DevilfishPoker.com, this weekendaddresses the world famous Oxford Union where he will take a question andanswer session from students on poker and his career.
Ulliott joins a preeminent group of speakers at the Union which includessome of the most important figures in modern political, economic, scientific,artistic, and sporting history.
Some of the notable figures who have addressed the union include AlbertEinstein, Richard Nixon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mother Teresa, the DalaiLama, Kermit the Frog, Yasser Arafat, Ian Paisley, John Hume, DiegoMaradonna, Charlton Heston, Leonard Nimoy, Peter O'Toole, W.B. Yeats, HenryKissinger, Ronald Reagan, and Robert Kennedy.
"As a hard working graduate of the University of Life, it's a real honourto be asked to speak at the Union where some of the great minds and talentsof the last 200 years have gone before. Poker is a complex game that suitsbrilliant thinkers like me and while I don't know most of the people who havespoken there over the years I'm a big fan of Kermit the Frog and to take tothe same stage as him is humbling. After the debate I'm off to speak to theBBC World Service and I expect the United Nations will probably want me nextweek."
Ulliott takes the question and answer session at 8.30pm this Saturday,May 16, ahead of the Oxford Cup three weeks later, on June 7. The Oxford Cupis now in its eighth year and coincides with the launch of the all-new UKStudent Poker Federation. Tickets for the GBP20 rebuy main event also allowplayers free entry to the Devilfish debate and are available on a first come,first serve basis from the Oxford Union.
The Oxford Union Society, founded in 1823, is a debating, educational,and social society. Founded on a platform of the freedom of speech, whenreligion and politics were off-limits within the University, it existsseparately from Oxford University and Oxford University Student Union (OUSU).Former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan called it "the last bastion offree speech in the Western world".
About Devilfish Gaming
Devilfish Gaming Plc (Ticker "DEVP") takes its name from the well knownpoker professional David "Devilfish" Ulliott, who is active in promoting thebusiness. Ulliott is one of Europe's best known, entertaining and recognisedpoker players with many large wins including World Series of Poker and WorldPoker Tour titles to his name. The company is publicly quoted, having floatedon London's PLUS market in March 2008. The company does not accept wagersfrom the U.S.A.
For further information please contact Brendan Murray, brendan.murray@pokermediaconsulting.com, +353-86-3057469
Ulliott joins a preeminent group of speakers at the Union which includessome of the most important figures in modern political, economic, scientific,artistic, and sporting history.
Some of the notable figures who have addressed the union include AlbertEinstein, Richard Nixon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mother Teresa, the DalaiLama, Kermit the Frog, Yasser Arafat, Ian Paisley, John Hume, DiegoMaradonna, Charlton Heston, Leonard Nimoy, Peter O'Toole, W.B. Yeats, HenryKissinger, Ronald Reagan, and Robert Kennedy.
"As a hard working graduate of the University of Life, it's a real honourto be asked to speak at the Union where some of the great minds and talentsof the last 200 years have gone before. Poker is a complex game that suitsbrilliant thinkers like me and while I don't know most of the people who havespoken there over the years I'm a big fan of Kermit the Frog and to take tothe same stage as him is humbling. After the debate I'm off to speak to theBBC World Service and I expect the United Nations will probably want me nextweek."
Ulliott takes the question and answer session at 8.30pm this Saturday,May 16, ahead of the Oxford Cup three weeks later, on June 7. The Oxford Cupis now in its eighth year and coincides with the launch of the all-new UKStudent Poker Federation. Tickets for the GBP20 rebuy main event also allowplayers free entry to the Devilfish debate and are available on a first come,first serve basis from the Oxford Union.
The Oxford Union Society, founded in 1823, is a debating, educational,and social society. Founded on a platform of the freedom of speech, whenreligion and politics were off-limits within the University, it existsseparately from Oxford University and Oxford University Student Union (OUSU).Former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan called it "the last bastion offree speech in the Western world".
About Devilfish Gaming
Devilfish Gaming Plc (Ticker "DEVP") takes its name from the well knownpoker professional David "Devilfish" Ulliott, who is active in promoting thebusiness. Ulliott is one of Europe's best known, entertaining and recognisedpoker players with many large wins including World Series of Poker and WorldPoker Tour titles to his name. The company is publicly quoted, having floatedon London's PLUS market in March 2008. The company does not accept wagersfrom the U.S.A.
For further information please contact Brendan Murray, brendan.murray@pokermediaconsulting.com, +353-86-3057469
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