An experienced Blackjack and poker player from Birmingham, England, Au-Yeung ran a poker game that drew some of the biggest card sharps of that era, including a certain gentleman named Dave Ulliott – you might remember him better as “The Devilfish.” It was Au-Yeung who gave him that nickname in 1997 Devilfish went on to become one of the most famous poker personalities of all-time, earning a World Series of Poker bracelet and knocking out Phil Ivey to win the first WPT World Poker Open in 2003.Īu-Yeung didn’t do too badly for himself, either. When the great game of Texas Hold’em was starting to gain traction in the late 1990s, Stephen Au-Yeung was right there in the thick of it. Poker-Inspired Table Games: Caribbean Hold’em
