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Stu Ungar is thought to be by most to the greatest No Limit Holdem Poker player ever.
The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and began playing poker prior to reaching his teens.
The young gambler began wagering gin and at the age of 10 had won his first gin tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the time he turned fourteen the little poker maestro had turned professional and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the record books by succeeding 10,000 dollars in a gin rummy tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still appears in New York these days.
The quick talking wiz kid has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting superstars such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu had a actual ability for betting poker but regardless of his achievements in Holdem poker, he preferred wagering gin.
Stu once said that there might a number of day be a improved No Limit Hold em player than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a much better gin gambler.
In ‘80 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the ideal Hold em Poker gamblers in the globe when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Extraordinarily it was the very first time he had played in the tournament.
The subsequent year he put aside any suggestions that it had been luck, by successfully protecting his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by winning his third World poker championship.
But this poker legend also fought with drug abuse and a year after succeeding his third title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had died from cardiac arrest which was brought on by his lifestyle.
Stu had started with nothing except his skill and expertise for the casino game which made this poker fantastic a millionaire numerous times over.
