Stu Ungar is considered by most to the very best No Limit Texas holdem Poker player ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champion was born in New York in 1953 and began wagering poker before reaching his teens.
The young gambler began playing gin and at the age of ten had won his first gin rummy tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the age of 14 the small poker maestro had turned professional and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the record books by succeeding ten thousand dollars in a gin rummy tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still stands in New York these days.
The fast talking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting greats such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu had a actual ability for wagering poker but regardless of his successes in Hold em poker, he favored playing gin.
Stu once said that there may some day be a much better No Limit Texas holdem player than him but he could not see how anyone could ever be a much better gin player.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the best Holdem Poker gamblers in the globe when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Amazingly it was the 1st time he had entered the tournament.
The following year he put aside any suggestions that it had been luck, by successfully defending his title. And in 1997 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
But this poker legend also battled with drug abuse and a year following succeeding his 3rd title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to medical professionals, he had died from a cardiac event which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had began with practically nothing but his skill and talent for the casino game which made this poker good a millionaire several times over.
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