Stu is regarded by most to the finest No Limit Hold em Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and began playing poker prior to reaching his teens.
The young gambler began playing gin and at the age of ten had won his very first gin tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the age of fourteen the little poker maestro had become a pro and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the record books by winning 10,000 dollars in a gin rummy tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still stands in New York today.
The quick speaking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to athletic superstars like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu had a true skill for betting poker except regardless of his achievements in Texas hold em poker, he favored playing gin.
Stu once said that there might a few day be a better No Limit Hold em gambler than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a greater gin player.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the global map as one of the finest Hold em Poker players in the world when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the 1st time. Extraordinarily it was the first time he had played in the tournament.
The following year he dismissed any suggestions that it had been luck, by successfully defending his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by winning his 3rd World poker championship.
Except this poker legend also struggled with drug abuse and a year after succeeding his third 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 with practically nothing except his skill and natural talent for the game which made this poker great a millionaire numerous times over.
