Texas Hold em Poker Legends
Stu is thought to be by most to the greatest No Limit Hold’em Poker player ever.
The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in ‘53 and began betting poker prior to reaching his teens.
The young bettor began betting gin and at the age of 10 had won his 1st gin tournament, while on holiday with his parents. By the time he turned fourteen the little poker maestro had become a pro and dropped out of school.
In 1954 Stu Ungar entered the record books by succeeding $10,000 in a gin tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still stands in New York today.
The fast talking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting superstars such as Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a genuine ability for betting poker except despite his successes in Hold’em poker, he preferred playing gin.
Stu once said that there may some day be a far better No Limit Holdem player than him but he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a much better gin player.
In ‘80 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the ideal Hold em Poker players in the entire world when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Amazingly it was the very first time he had played in the tournament.
The following year he put aside any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by successfully protecting his crown. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
Except this poker legend also fought with drug abuse and a year after succeeding his 3rd title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had passed away from a heart attack which was brought on by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started out with nothing except his ability and talent for the game which made this poker wonderful a millionaire a lot of times over.
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