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Written by Bo.
Posted in: Poker
Stu is considered by many to the finest NL Hold’em Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and started betting poker before becomming a teenager.
The young gambler started out wagering gin and at the age of 10 had won his initial gin rummy tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the age of 14 the small poker genius had turned pro and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the record books by winning 10 grand in a gin tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still appears in New York today.
The quick speaking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to athletic superstars such as Joe Namath and Tiger Woods. Stu had a actual ability for betting poker except despite his successes in Hold’em poker, he favored playing gin.
Stu once said that there might several day be a improved No Limit Texas hold’em gambler than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a greater gin player.
In ‘80 Stu was put on the world map as one of the best Texas hold em Poker players in the planet when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Extraordinarily it was the first time he had entered the tournament.
The right after year he dismissed any suggestions that it had been a fluke, by successfully defending his crown. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.
But this poker master also battled with drug abuse and a year after succeeding his 3rd title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to medical doctors, he had died from a heart attack which was caused by his lifestyle.
Stu had started out with absolutely nothing except his skill and expertise for the casino game which made this poker wonderful a millionaire numerous times over.
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