Stu is thought to be by most to the greatest No Limit Holdem Poker gambler ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champion was born in New York in 1953 and started betting poker before reaching his teens.
The young bettor began playing gin and at the age of ten had won his very first gin tournament, while on holiday with his parents. By the age of fourteen the little poker genius had turned professional and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the history books by succeeding 10,000 dollars in a gin rummy tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still stands in New York today.
The fast speaking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to athletic greats like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a actual ability for wagering poker but regardless of his successes in Hold’em poker, he preferred wagering gin.
Stu once said that there might a number of day be a greater NL Texas hold em gambler than him except he couldn’t 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 Hold em Poker players in the world when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the very first time. Extraordinarily it was the very first time he had entered the tournament.
The right after year he dismissed any thoughts that it had been luck, by effectively protecting his title. And in 1997 Stu set the record by winning his 3rd World poker championship.
But this poker legend also battled with substance abuse and a year right after winning his 3rd title Stu died in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had died from a heart attack which was caused by his lifestyle.
Stu had started with absolutely nothing except his ability and natural talent for the casino game which made this poker great a millionaire quite a few times over.
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