Holdem Poker Legends
Stu Ungar is regarded by most to the finest NL Holdem Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and began betting poker prior to becomming a teenager.
The young bettor started out playing gin and at the age of ten had won his primary gin tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the time he turned 14 the small poker genius had become a professional and stopped going to school.
In 1954 Stu entered the record books by succeeding 10 grand in a gin tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still appears in New York these days.
The fast talking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to athletic greats like Joe Namath and Tiger Woods. Stu had a real ability for playing poker except despite his successes in Hold em poker, he favored playing gin.
Stu once said that there may some day be a better No Limit Texas hold em player than him but he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a better gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the very best Hold’em Poker players in the world when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the very first time. Amazingly it was the first time he had entered the tournament.
The subsequent year he put aside any thoughts that it had been luck, by effectively protecting his crown. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by winning his third World poker championship.
But this poker legend also fought with substance abuse and a year right after succeeding his third title Stu past away in his hotel room. According to medical professionals, he had died from a heart attack which was caused by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started with absolutely nothing except his ability and natural talent for the casino game which made this poker wonderful a millionaire quite a few times over.
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