Texas Holdem Poker Legends
Stu is considered by many to the very best NL Texas hold em Poker player ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and started betting poker prior to reaching his teens.
The young bettor started out playing gin and at the age of 10 had won his very first gin tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the time he turned fourteen the small poker maestro had turned professional and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by succeeding 10 grand in a gin rummy tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still appears in New York these days.
The fast talking wiz kid has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting superstars like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu had a real ability for playing poker but regardless of his achievements in Texas hold em poker, he preferred wagering gin.
Stu once said that there might several day be a much better NL Holdem player than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a better gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the global map as one of the finest Texas hold’em Poker gamblers in the globe when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the 1st time. Astonishingly it was the 1st time he had entered the tournament.
The following year he put aside any suggestions that it had been luck, by effectively defending his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.
But this poker master also fought with drug abuse and a year right after winning his 3rd title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to medical doctors, he had died from a cardiac event which was brought on by his lifestyle.
Stu had started out with practically nothing except his skill and expertise for the casino game which made this poker great a millionaire quite a few times over.
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