Stu is regarded by many to the finest No Limit Texas hold em Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and began playing poker prior to reaching his teens.
The young bettor began betting gin and at the age of 10 had won his first gin rummy tournament, while on holiday with his parents. By the age of fourteen the small poker genius had become a pro and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the record books by succeeding ten thousand dollars in a gin tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still stands in New York these days.
The fast talking wiz kid has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting greats like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu had a genuine talent for wagering poker except in spite of his successes in Texas holdem poker, he preferred betting gin.
Stu once said that there might a few day be a greater No Limit Texas hold em player than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a far better gin gambler.
In ‘80 Stu was put on the world map as one of the best Hold em Poker gamblers in the earth when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the very first time. Extraordinarily it was the very first time he had played in the tournament.
The subsequent year he put aside any suggestions that it had been luck, by successfully protecting his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by winning his 3rd World poker championship.
But this poker master also battled with drug abuse and a year after succeeding his 3rd title Stu past away in his hotel room. According to doctors, he had passed away from cardiac arrest which was caused by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started with absolutely nothing but his skill and talent for the game which made this poker great a millionaire a lot of times over.
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