Texas Hold’em Poker Legends
Stu Ungar is thought to be by most to the finest NL Texas holdem Poker player ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and began playing poker prior to becomming a teenager.
The young gambler began betting gin and at the age of 10 had won his 1st gin rummy tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the age of 14 the small poker maestro had become a pro and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by winning ten thousand dollars in a gin tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still appears in New York these days.
The fast talking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting greats such as Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a genuine ability for betting poker except in spite of his achievements in Hold’em poker, he favored betting gin.
Stu once said that there might a few day be a greater No Limit Texas hold em player than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a much better gin player.
In ‘80 Stu was put on the global map as one of the best Texas hold’em Poker gamblers in the entire world when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Astonishingly it was the very first time he had entered the tournament.
The following year he put aside any suggestions that it had been a fluke, by effectively defending his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
But this poker legend also battled with drug abuse and a year right after winning his third title Stu past away in his hotel room. According to medical doctors, he had died from a heart attack which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu had started with practically nothing but his skill and talent for the casino game which made this poker good a millionaire several times over.
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