The Poker Hall of Fame has honoured the late Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliot by enshrining him as a member, but hasn’t it come two-years too late?

The first poker player that entered my memory palace was Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliot.

I was tripping when someone turned the TV to Channel 4, and there he was playing poker. I thought he was a vampire, and then he was a vampire. Flying out of the tube, grabbing me by the throat, and sinking his teeth into my neck.

When I first met him, the vampiric memory wasn’t the reason I needed a change of underwear. My fear was born from meeting a legend. From the ‘Devilfish’ knuckle dusters to his suit, and all the imagery that had passed my field of vision for many years – I was in awe.