Stu is regarded by most to the very best No Limit Hold’em Poker player ever.
The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and started playing poker prior to becomming a teenager.
The young bettor started out betting gin and at the age of ten had won his very first gin tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the time he turned 14 the little poker genius had turned pro and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the history books by succeeding 10,000 dollars in a gin tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still remains in New York these days.
The fast speaking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting superstars like Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu had a real ability for playing poker except in spite of his successes in Hold’em poker, he favored playing gin.
Stu once said that there may some day be a far better NL Hold’em gambler than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a far better gin gambler.
In ‘80 Stu was put on the global map as one of the best Texas hold’em Poker players in the earth when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Astonishingly it was the 1st 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 ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
Except 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 doctors, he had passed away from a heart attack which was brought on by his lifestyle.
Stu had began with absolutely nothing except his ability and natural talent for the casino game which made this poker great a millionaire numerous times over.