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Dave Colclough
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Filed by Simon, publisher of UK Poker Pros · reviewed
Sourced · read 16 August 2026
Biography
David E. Colclough (4 March 1964 – 18 October 2016) was a Welsh professional poker player.
| Filed from | Wales |
|---|---|
| Origin | Carmarthen |
| Sheet | UK |
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- Printed cashes are gross payouts, never profit.
Public career
David E. Colclough (4 March 1964 – 18 October 2016) was a Welsh professional poker player.
Colclough was born in Carmarthen. Before turning professional he worked in computing, and he left computing after the 2000 World Series of Poker. His tournament record includes a runner-up finish in a $2,000 event at the 2000 World Series of Poker, a semi-final at the 2005 World Heads-Up Poker Championship, and the 2003 vote as European Poker Player. In 2016 he returned from the Philippines to England to seek medical care, and he died on 18 October 2016, aged 52, from cancer.
How to read a cash
Cashes are not profit. This desk treats every printed tournament cash as a gross payout — the full prize paid to the finisher — never a profit figure. Entry fees, taxes, commissions and swaps are not deducted from a printed cash.
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Public chronology
David E. Colclough (4 March 1964 – 18 October 2016) was a Welsh professional poker player.
Colclough was born in Carmarthen. Prior to becoming a poker professional, he worked in computing. He left computing after the 2000 World Series of Poker.
His tournament results include a second at the 2000 World Series of Poker $2,000 In 2005, he reached the semi-finals of the World Heads-Up Poker Championship, earning €20,000. In 2003, he was voted European Poker Player
He returned from the Philippines to England in 2016 to seek medical care. He died on 18 October 2016, aged 52, suffering from cancer.
Why this page stops here
The identity is filed and nothing else is. No totals, no rank, no biography assembled from other people's summaries. When this desk reads a dated page, the line appears here with the date it was read on it.
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The short version
Are cashes profit?
No. They are gross payouts. See the cashes-are-not-profit pamphlet.
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