Holdem Poker Legends
Stu is considered by most to the very best No Limit Texas hold em Poker player ever.
The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in 1953 and started playing poker before reaching his teens.
The young bettor began playing gin and at the age of ten had won his first gin tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the age of fourteen the little poker genius had turned professional and stopped going to school.
In 1954 Stu Ungar entered the record books by winning $10,000 in a gin rummy tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still stands in New York today.
The fast speaking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting greats such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu had a true talent for playing poker but despite his successes in Texas hold em poker, he favored playing gin.
Stu once said that there might a number of day be a better NL Holdem gambler than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a improved gin player.
In ‘80 Stu Ungar was put on the global map as one of the ideal Hold’em Poker players in the earth when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Astonishingly it was the very first time he had played in the tournament.
The subsequent year he put aside any suggestions that it had been luck, by effectively protecting his crown. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by winning his 3rd World poker championship.
But this poker master also battled with substance abuse and a year after succeeding his 3rd 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 out with absolutely nothing but his ability and talent for the game which made this poker great a millionaire several times over.
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