Stu Ungar is regarded by most to the very best NL Hold’em Poker player ever.
The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and started playing poker prior to becomming a teenager.
The young bettor started out betting gin and at the age of 10 had won his 1st gin tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the age of fourteen the little poker genius had turned pro and stopped going to 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 appears in New York these days.
The fast speaking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting superstars like Joe Namath and Tiger Woods. Stu Ungar had a real talent for wagering poker but despite his achievements in Texas holdem poker, he preferred betting gin.
Stu once said that there might a few day be a better NL Hold em player than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a improved gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu was put on the global map as one of the best Hold em Poker players in the globe when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the first time. Astonishingly it was the first time he had entered the tournament.
The following year he dismissed any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by successfully defending his crown. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by winning his third World poker championship.
Except this poker legend also battled with substance abuse and a year following succeeding his third title Stu past away in his hotel room. According to medical professionals, he had died from cardiac arrest which was brought on by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had began with practically nothing except his skill and natural talent for the game which made this poker wonderful a millionaire numerous times over.
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