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Stu Ungar is thought to be by most to the greatest No Limit Texas holdem Poker gambler ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in ‘53 and began playing poker prior to reaching his teens.
The young gambler started out betting gin and at the age of 10 had won his very first gin rummy tournament, while on holiday with his parents. By the age of fourteen the little poker genius had become a professional and stopped going to school.
In 1954 Stu entered the record books by succeeding $10,000 in a gin tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still remains in New York these days.
The quick talking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting greats such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu had a real ability for betting poker except in spite of his achievements in Texas hold em poker, he preferred betting gin.
Stu once said that there might a number of day be a improved NL Texas hold’em player than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a far better gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the greatest Texas holdem Poker gamblers in the earth when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the very first time. Amazingly it was the 1st time he had entered the tournament.
The following year he put aside any suggestions that it had been luck, by effectively protecting his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by winning his third World poker championship.
Except this poker master also fought with substance abuse and a year right after winning his third title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had died from a heart attack which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had began with practically nothing but his ability and talent for the game which made this poker excellent a millionaire several times over.
