Stu Ungar is regarded by most to the very best NL Texas hold em Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in 1953 and started betting poker before reaching his teens.
The young bettor started out betting gin and at the age of 10 had won his primary gin tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the age of 14 the little poker maestro had turned professional and dropped out of school.
In 1954 Stu entered the history books by winning 10 grand in a gin tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still stands in New York today.
The fast talking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to athletic superstars such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu had a actual talent for playing poker but despite his achievements in Texas hold’em poker, he favored betting gin.
Stu once said that there may a number of day be a improved No Limit Texas hold’em gambler than him but 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 greatest Hold em Poker gamblers in the earth when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the very first time. Astonishingly it was the very first time he had entered the tournament.
The subsequent year he dismissed any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by effectively protecting his title. And in 1997 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
But this poker master also struggled with substance abuse and a year following succeeding his 3rd title Stu past away in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had passed away from cardiac arrest which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had began with nothing except his ability and natural talent for the game which made this poker great a millionaire many times over.