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Stu Ungar is considered by many to the finest NL Texas hold’em Poker player ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champion was born in New York in 1953 and began betting poker before becomming a teenager.
The young bettor began wagering gin and at the age of 10 had won his 1st gin rummy tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the age of fourteen the small poker maestro had become a pro and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the history books by succeeding 10 grand in a gin tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still appears in New York these days.
The quick talking wiz kid has been compared, in poker terms, to athletic superstars like Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a true ability for playing poker except despite his successes in Texas hold’em poker, he preferred betting gin.
Stu once said that there may some day be a much better No Limit Texas hold em player than him but he could not see how anyone could ever be a better gin gambler.
In ‘80 Stu Ungar was put on the global map as one of the ideal Hold’em Poker gamblers in the planet when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the very first time. Extraordinarily it was the first time he had entered the tournament.
The following year he dismissed any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by effectively protecting his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by winning his third World poker championship.
Except this poker legend also battled with substance abuse and a year following succeeding his third title Stu Ungar died 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 nothing except his ability and natural talent for the casino game which made this poker great a millionaire quite a few times over.
