Stu is regarded by most to the finest No Limit Texas hold’em Poker player ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in ‘53 and started betting poker before reaching his teens.
The young gambler began wagering gin and at the age of ten had won his primary gin rummy tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the time he turned 14 the little poker genius had become a pro and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the record books by winning 10,000 dollars in a gin rummy tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still stands in New York these days.
The fast talking wiz kid has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting greats such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a real ability for betting poker but regardless of his achievements in Hold em poker, he favored playing gin.
Stu once said that there might several day be a greater No Limit Holdem gambler than him but he could not see how anyone could ever be a greater gin player.
In 1980 Stu was put on the global map as one of the ideal Texas holdem Poker gamblers in the entire world when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the 1st 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 luck, by successfully protecting his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.
But this poker legend also struggled with substance abuse and a year after winning his 3rd title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to doctors, he had passed away from a cardiac event which was brought on by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had began with nothing except his ability and talent for the casino game which made this poker excellent a millionaire numerous times over.