Stu is regarded by most to the greatest NL Hold’em Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and started betting poker before becomming a teenager.
The young gambler began betting gin and at the age of ten had won his first gin tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the age of 14 the small poker genius had turned pro and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by winning ten thousand dollars in a gin tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still remains in New York today.
The quick talking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to athletic superstars such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu had a real talent for betting poker except regardless of his achievements in Holdem poker, he preferred betting gin.
Stu once said that there might some day be a much better No Limit Texas holdem player than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a greater gin player.
In ‘80 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the very best Hold’em Poker gamblers in the globe when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the very first time. Extraordinarily it was the very first time he had entered the tournament.
The right after year he dismissed any suggestions that it had been a fluke, by effectively defending his title. And in 1997 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.
But this poker master also struggled with drug abuse and a year after winning his 3rd title Stu died in his hotel room. According to medical doctors, he had passed away from a heart attack which was caused by his lifestyle.
Stu had started out with practically nothing but his ability and natural talent for the casino game which made this poker excellent a millionaire many times over.
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