Texas Hold em Poker Legends
Stu Ungar is considered by most to the finest No Limit Hold’em Poker gambler ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and began wagering poker prior to becomming a teenager.
The young bettor started out wagering gin and at the age of 10 had won his primary gin rummy tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the age of fourteen the little poker genius had become a professional and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the history books by winning $10,000 in a gin rummy tournament without sacrificing 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 real ability for playing poker except in spite of his achievements in Texas hold’em poker, he preferred wagering gin.
Stu once said that there may a number of day be a much better No Limit Hold’em player than him but he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a better gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu was put on the global 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 title. And in 1997 Stu set the record by winning his 3rd World poker championship.
Except this poker legend also fought with substance abuse and a year following winning his 3rd title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had died from cardiac arrest which was caused by his lifestyle.
Stu had started with absolutely nothing but his skill and expertise for the casino game which made this poker fantastic a millionaire numerous times over.