Stu is thought to be by most to the finest NL Hold’em Poker player ever.
The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and started playing poker before reaching his teens.
The young bettor began playing 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 become a professional and dropped out of school.
In 1954 Stu entered the history books by succeeding 10,000 dollars in a gin tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still stands in New York these days.
The quick speaking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting greats such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a real talent for betting poker except in spite of his successes in Hold em poker, he favored betting gin.
Stu once said that there might a number of day be a greater No Limit Texas hold em gambler than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a much better gin player.
In 1980 Stu was put on the global map as one of the best Holdem Poker gamblers in the entire world when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Amazingly it was the 1st time he had entered the tournament.
The right after year he put aside any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by effectively defending his title. And in 1997 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.
Except this poker master also struggled with substance abuse and a year following winning his 3rd title Stu past away in his hotel room. According to medical professionals, he had died from a heart attack which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu had began with absolutely nothing except his ability and expertise for the game which made this poker great a millionaire many times over.