Texas Holdem Poker Legends
Stu Ungar is thought to be by most to the very best No Limit Holdem Poker player ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and began wagering poker before becomming a teenager.
The young bettor started out playing gin and at the age of ten had won his primary gin tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the age of fourteen the little poker maestro had turned professional and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by winning ten thousand dollars in a gin rummy tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still remains in New York these days.
The quick speaking wiz kid has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting greats like Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu had a actual talent for playing poker but in spite of his achievements in Texas hold em poker, he favored wagering gin.
Stu once said that there might several day be a far better No Limit Texas hold’em player than him but he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a improved gin player.
In ‘80 Stu Ungar was put on the global map as one of the best Hold’em Poker players in the globe when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Extraordinarily it was the 1st time he had played in the tournament.
The right after year he dismissed any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by effectively protecting his title. And in 1997 Stu set the record by winning his 3rd World poker championship.
Except this poker master also fought with substance abuse and a year after succeeding his third title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to medical professionals, he had died from cardiac arrest which was brought on by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had began with nothing except his skill and expertise for the casino game which made this poker great a millionaire quite a few times over.