Stu Ungar is thought to be by many to the finest No Limit Texas hold’em Poker player ever.
The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and began wagering poker before reaching his teens.
The young bettor started out wagering gin and at the age of 10 had won his first gin rummy tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the age of 14 the small poker maestro had turned pro and dropped out of school.
In 1954 Stu entered the record books by succeeding 10 grand in a gin tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still stands in New York today.
The fast speaking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to athletic superstars like Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a true ability for playing poker except in spite of his achievements in Hold em poker, he favored wagering gin.
Stu once said that there may a number of day be a better No Limit Hold’em player than him but he could not see how anyone could ever be a much better gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu was put on the global map as one of the finest Texas hold’em Poker gamblers in the globe when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Amazingly it was the first time he had entered the tournament.
The subsequent year he dismissed any suggestions that it had been luck, by successfully defending his crown. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
But this poker legend also battled with substance abuse and a year after winning his 3rd title Stu past away in his hotel room. According to doctors, he had passed away from a cardiac event which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had began with practically nothing except his ability and talent for the game which made this poker excellent a millionaire quite a few times over.
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