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Texas Holdem Poker Masters
Stu Ungar is thought to be by most to the finest NL Hold em Poker player ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in ‘53 and started playing poker prior to reaching his teens.
The young bettor began wagering gin and at the age of ten had won his 1st gin rummy tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the age of 14 the small poker genius had turned professional and dropped out of school.
In 1954 Stu Ungar entered the record books by winning 10,000 dollars in a gin rummy tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still remains in New York today.
The fast speaking wiz kid has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting superstars such as Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu had a real skill for playing poker but in spite of his achievements in Hold em poker, he preferred betting gin.
Stu once said that there may several day be a far better No Limit Texas hold em player than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a much better gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the best Texas hold’em Poker players in the world when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the very first time. Astonishingly it was the very first time he had entered the tournament.
The right after year he put aside any thoughts that it had been luck, by successfully defending his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
Except this poker master also struggled with substance abuse and a year following succeeding his third title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to doctors, he had passed away from cardiac arrest which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started out with practically nothing except his skill and expertise for the casino game which made this poker great a millionaire quite a few times over.