Stu is considered by most to the finest NL Hold em Poker player ever.
The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in 1953 and began betting poker before reaching his teens.
The young bettor began wagering gin and at the age of 10 had won his very first gin rummy tournament, while on holiday with his parents. By the time he turned 14 the little poker maestro had turned pro and stopped going to school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by succeeding ten thousand dollars in a gin tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still remains in New York today.
The fast speaking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to athletic greats such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu Ungar had a actual talent for betting poker but regardless of his achievements in Texas holdem poker, he preferred wagering gin.
Stu once said that there might several day be a better No Limit Holdem gambler than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a much better gin player.
In ‘80 Stu Ungar was put on the global map as one of the finest Texas holdem Poker players in the planet when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Amazingly it was the very first time he had entered the tournament.
The following year he dismissed any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by effectively defending his crown. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
But this poker master also battled with drug abuse and a year following succeeding his 3rd title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to doctors, he had died from a heart attack which was caused by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started with nothing but his skill and talent for the casino game which made this poker great a millionaire several times over.