Stu Ungar is thought to be by many to the greatest No Limit Holdem Poker gambler ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champion was born in New York in 1953 and started betting poker prior to becomming a teenager.
The young gambler started out wagering gin and at the age of 10 had won his initial gin tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the time he turned fourteen the small poker genius had turned professional and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by winning 10 grand in a gin rummy tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still remains in New York today.
The quick talking wiz kid has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting greats like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu had a genuine ability for betting poker but despite his successes in Hold em poker, he favored wagering gin.
Stu once said that there might a few day be a much better NL Texas holdem player than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a improved gin gambler.
In ‘80 Stu was put on the world map as one of the ideal Texas hold’em Poker gamblers in the world when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the very first time. Astonishingly it was the very first time he had played in the tournament.
The subsequent year he dismissed any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by successfully protecting his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by winning his 3rd World poker championship.
Except this poker legend also fought with substance abuse and a year after winning his 3rd title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had passed away from a cardiac event which was brought on by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started out with practically nothing except his ability and expertise for the game which made this poker great a millionaire several times over.
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