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Hold em Poker Legends
Stu is regarded by many to the very best No Limit Texas hold’em Poker gambler ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champion 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 10 had won his initial gin rummy tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the time he turned 14 the little poker maestro had become a pro and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by winning ten thousand dollars in a gin tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still stands in New York today.
The quick speaking wiz kid has been compared, in poker terms, to athletic greats like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu Ungar had a genuine skill for playing poker but in spite of his achievements in Holdem poker, he preferred wagering gin.
Stu once said that there may a few day be a better NL Hold em player than him but he could not see how anyone could ever be a better gin player.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the very best Holdem Poker players in the planet when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the 1st time. Amazingly it was the 1st time he had entered the tournament.
The right after year he put aside any suggestions that it had been a fluke, by successfully defending his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.
Except this poker master also battled with substance abuse and a year right after winning his 3rd title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to doctors, he had passed away from cardiac arrest which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu had started out with absolutely nothing but his skill and expertise for the casino game which made this poker good a millionaire many times over.
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