Stu Ungar is thought to be by many to the very best No Limit Texas holdem Poker gambler ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and began playing poker prior to becomming a teenager.
The young gambler began playing gin and at the age of 10 had won his first gin tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the age of 14 the small poker genius had turned pro and stopped going to school.
In 1954 Stu entered the record books by succeeding $10,000 in a gin tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still stands in New York these days.
The quick talking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting greats like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu Ungar had a real ability for betting poker except in spite of his successes in Texas hold’em poker, he favored betting gin.
Stu once said that there may a number of day be a far better NL Holdem player than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a much better gin player.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the very best Holdem Poker players in the planet when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the very first time. Astonishingly it was the very first time he had played in the tournament.
The right after year he dismissed any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by effectively protecting his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
But this poker master also fought with substance abuse and a year right after succeeding his third title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to medical doctors, he had died from cardiac arrest which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu had started out with absolutely nothing but his ability and natural talent for the casino game which made this poker excellent a millionaire numerous times over.