Stu is considered by most to the very best No Limit Texas holdem Poker player ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and started betting poker before reaching his teens.
The young bettor began playing gin and at the age of 10 had won his primary gin rummy tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the time he turned 14 the small poker genius had turned pro and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the record books by succeeding $10,000 in a gin rummy tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still remains in New York these days.
The fast talking wiz kid has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting superstars such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu had a real skill for betting poker except in spite of his achievements in Hold em poker, he favored wagering gin.
Stu once said that there may several day be a better No Limit Texas hold em player than him but he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a improved gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the greatest Hold’em Poker gamblers in the earth when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the first time. Extraordinarily it was the first time he had entered the tournament.
The subsequent year he put aside any suggestions that it had been luck, by effectively defending his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by winning his third World poker championship.
Except this poker legend also fought with substance abuse and a year after winning his third title Stu past away in his hotel room. According to doctors, he had passed away from a cardiac event which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had began with absolutely nothing but his skill and talent for the game which made this poker good a millionaire quite a few times over.