Stu is regarded by most to the greatest NL Hold em Poker player ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and began wagering poker before reaching his teens.
The young bettor began playing gin and at the age of ten had won his very first gin tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the age of fourteen the little poker maestro had turned professional and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the record books by winning 10 grand in a gin rummy tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still remains in New York these days.
The fast talking wiz kid has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting superstars like Joe Namath and Tiger Woods. Stu Ungar had a genuine skill for playing poker but in spite of his achievements in Texas hold em poker, he favored wagering gin.
Stu once said that there may a number of day be a much better NL Hold’em player than him but he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a far better gin player.
In ‘80 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the greatest Holdem Poker players in the world when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the first time. Amazingly it was the very first time he had entered the tournament.
The right after year he put aside any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by successfully protecting his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.
Except this poker legend also struggled with substance abuse and a year after winning his 3rd title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had died from a heart attack which was brought on by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started with nothing except his ability and natural talent for the game which made this poker excellent a millionaire several times over.
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