Stu Ungar is considered by most to the very best No Limit Texas hold em Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and started wagering poker prior to becomming a teenager.
The young bettor began betting gin and at the age of ten had won his first gin tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the age of 14 the little poker maestro had become a professional and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by winning $10,000 in a gin rummy tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still remains in New York today.
The fast speaking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to athletic greats such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu Ungar had a genuine skill for playing poker except in spite of his successes in Hold em poker, he preferred wagering gin.
Stu once said that there may some day be a improved NL Texas hold em gambler than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a better gin gambler.
In ‘80 Stu was put on the global map as one of the finest Hold em Poker gamblers in the world when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the 1st time. Astonishingly it was the 1st time he had entered the tournament.
The following year he dismissed any suggestions that it had been a fluke, by effectively protecting his crown. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
Except this poker master also struggled with drug abuse and a year right after succeeding his third title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had passed away from a cardiac event which was caused by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started with practically nothing but his ability and expertise for the game which made this poker wonderful a millionaire several times over.