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Written by Tyrese.
Posted in: Poker
Stu Ungar is regarded by many to the very best NL Texas holdem Poker player ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in ‘53 and started wagering poker before reaching his teens.
The young bettor began betting gin and at the age of 10 had won his initial gin rummy tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. 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 dollars in a gin tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still appears in New York these days.
The quick speaking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to athletic greats like Joe Namath and Tiger Woods. Stu Ungar had a real skill for wagering poker except regardless of his successes in Texas hold’em poker, he favored betting gin.
Stu once said that there may several day be a better No Limit Hold em gambler 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 very best Hold em Poker players in the world when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the very first time. Astonishingly 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 effectively defending his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
Except this poker master also fought with substance abuse and a year following succeeding his third title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to medical professionals, he had died from cardiac arrest which was brought on by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started out with absolutely nothing but his ability and natural talent for the casino game which made this poker fantastic a millionaire several times over.
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