Stu Ungar is regarded by most to the finest NL Hold’em Poker gambler ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and started wagering poker prior to becomming a teenager.
The young bettor started out wagering gin and at the age of ten had won his very first gin tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the time he turned 14 the small poker maestro had turned professional and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by succeeding ten thousand dollars in a gin tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still remains in New York today.
The fast talking wiz kid has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting greats like Joe Namath and Tiger Woods. Stu Ungar had a genuine talent for betting poker but in spite of his successes in Hold em poker, he favored playing gin.
Stu once said that there may a few day be a much better No Limit Holdem gambler than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a improved gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the greatest Texas holdem Poker gamblers in the planet when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the first time. Extraordinarily it was the first time he had played in the tournament.
The right after year he dismissed any thoughts that it had been luck, by effectively protecting his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.
But this poker master also fought with drug abuse and a year following succeeding his 3rd title Stu died in his hotel room. According to doctors, he had died from a heart attack which was brought on by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started out with practically nothing but his skill and expertise for the casino game which made this poker good a millionaire many times over.
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