Texas Hold’em Poker Masters
Tuesday, 17. July 2012
Stu Ungar is considered by most to the finest NL Hold em Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and began betting poker prior to becomming a teenager.
The young gambler started out playing gin and at the age of ten had won his 1st gin rummy tournament, while on holiday with his parents. By the age of fourteen the small poker maestro had turned professional and dropped out of school.
In 1954 Stu Ungar entered the record books by succeeding 10,000 dollars in a gin rummy tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still stands in New York today.
The quick talking wiz kid has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting superstars such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a true skill for playing poker except despite his successes in Texas hold’em poker, he favored wagering gin.
Stu once said that there may a few day be a improved No Limit Holdem gambler than him but he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a improved gin player.
In 1980 Stu was put on the global map as one of the very best Hold’em Poker gamblers in the globe when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the first time. Astonishingly it was the first time he had played in the tournament.
The following year he put aside any suggestions that it had been a fluke, by effectively protecting his title. And in 1997 Stu set the record by winning his third World poker championship.
Except this poker legend also struggled with substance abuse and a year right after succeeding his 3rd title Stu died in his hotel room. According to medical doctors, he had died from a cardiac event which was caused by his lifestyle.
Stu had began with nothing but his ability and talent for the casino game which made this poker great a millionaire numerous times over.
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