Stu is thought to be by most to the finest No Limit Texas hold em Poker gambler ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and began playing poker before reaching his teens.
The young bettor started out betting gin and at the age of 10 had won his primary gin tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the age of 14 the small poker maestro had turned professional and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu 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 today.
The quick talking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to athletic greats like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu had a actual ability for playing poker except regardless of his achievements in Hold em poker, he favored wagering gin.
Stu once said that there may a few day be a greater No Limit Texas hold’em gambler than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a greater gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the very best Hold’em Poker gamblers in the planet when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the 1st time. Astonishingly it was the 1st time he had played in the tournament.
The following year he dismissed any thoughts that it had been luck, by successfully defending his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
But this poker master also battled with drug abuse and a year right after succeeding his 3rd title Stu 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 began with practically nothing except his ability and expertise for the casino game which made this poker excellent a millionaire numerous times over.
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