Stu Ungar is regarded by most to the very best NL Texas hold’em Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in ‘53 and began wagering poker before reaching his teens.
The young bettor started out playing gin and at the age of ten had won his 1st gin rummy tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the age of fourteen the little poker maestro had become a pro and stopped going to school.
In 1954 Stu Ungar entered the history books by succeeding $10,000 in a gin tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still appears in New York today.
The quick speaking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to athletic greats like Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a genuine skill for betting poker except in spite of his achievements in Texas hold’em poker, he favored wagering gin.
Stu once said that there might some day be a much better NL Texas holdem player than him but he could not see how anyone could ever be a improved gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the ideal Texas hold em Poker gamblers in the earth when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the first time. Extraordinarily it was the first time he had played in the tournament.
The subsequent year he put aside any suggestions that it had been luck, by successfully protecting his crown. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by winning his third World poker championship.
Except 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 medical doctors, he had passed away from cardiac arrest which was brought on by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started out with absolutely nothing except his skill and natural talent for the casino game which made this poker great a millionaire several times over.