Stu is regarded by most to the finest NL Hold em Poker player ever.
The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and began playing poker before becomming a teenager.
The young bettor started out betting gin and at the age of 10 had won his initial gin rummy tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the age of 14 the little poker genius had become a professional and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by succeeding 10 grand in a gin tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still remains in New York today.
The quick talking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to athletic greats like Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu had a actual talent for wagering poker but in spite of his successes in Holdem poker, he preferred playing gin.
Stu once said that there might a few day be a greater NL Texas hold’em gambler than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a greater gin player.
In ‘80 Stu was put on the world map as one of the finest Texas hold’em Poker players in the planet when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Amazingly it was the 1st time he had entered the tournament.
The right after year he put aside any suggestions that it had been luck, by effectively protecting his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.
Except this poker legend also fought with drug abuse and a year following succeeding his third title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had passed away from a cardiac event which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu had started with nothing but his skill and expertise for the casino game which made this poker fantastic a millionaire quite a few times over.
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