Devilfish is Card Player European Poker Player of the Year

Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott has won the 2007 Card Player European Player of the Year title in a battle with Swede Chris Bjorin which went right to the wire. Ulliott's third-place finish in the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic on Dec. 17 catapulted the Englishman to the top of the leader board with 3,446 points, which was just enough to trump Bjorin, whose three final tables at the World Series of Poker in 2007 had seen him dominate the rankings for much of the year.

In 2007, Ulliott enjoyed arguably his most successful year to date as a poker player, winning $1.2 million dollars and making five major final tables, while Bjorin, who came in 15th in the WPT Doyle Brunson Classic, made an impressive six final tables and earned $437,590.

Teen sensation Annette Obrestad came third on the back of winning the World Series of Poker Europe main event in London and taking second in the European Poker Tour Dublin.

Russian Alexander Kravchenko, who won a bracelet at the 2007 WSOP and made the final table of the main event, finished fourth.

The top 10 Card Player European players of 2007 are:

1. David "Devilfish" Ulliott -- Hull, GBR -- 3,446 points
2. Chris Bjorin -- London, GBR -- 3,375 points
3. Annette Obrestad -- Stavanger, NOR -- 2,608 points
4. Alexander Kravchenko -- Moscow, RUS -- 2,579 points
5. Juan Carlos Mortensen -- Madrid, ESP -- 2,496 points
6. Rene Mouritsen -- Copenhagen, DNK -- 2,472 points
7. Mark Teltscher -- London, GBR -- 2,344 points
8. Florian Langmann -- Dresden, DEU -- 2,040 points
9. Gus Hansen -- Copenhagen, DNK -- 2,034 points
10. Jeffrey Lisandro -- Salerno, ITA -- 1,964 points

The Card Player European Player of the Year was won by Englishman Roland de Wolfe in 2006 and Italian Max Pescatori in 2005. To see the full 2007 Card Player European Player of the Year rankings click here.

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