Stu Unger: Poker Player
Posted in Poker on 02/10/2010 07:21 am by Nolan
The primary basis for why Stu Ungar changed from gin to poker was that he was a tiny bit too good at it. So skilled in fact, that no one could stand up to him. Even the commonly called experts who were meant to be the most favorable at gin were beat when they competed against Stu. One such gin professionals was Harry Stein, nicknamed, "Yonkie". Mr. Stein was handed such a belittling beating at the hands of stu that he allegedly stopped competing in it as a pro and never resurfaced at a gin tournament.
Accordingly, with a distinction like that it wasn’t very long before people became shy of competing against stu. He couldn’t find any matches and in his desperation he began doing something no one had attempted before. He provided beginning handicaps to likely opposing players in the hope that they might just play against him if they thought they held an advantage. He at will played from a disadvantageous position and one account has it that he even played with a constant absconder. Mid match, he received advice that the bad egg was at it once more but stu guaranteed that he knew of the dishonestly and he would still win, which of course, he did.
The same problem followed Stu Ungar to vegas. He won so often that the casinos began requesting that he not to wager on their rooms anymore. The reason was that other casino visitors refused to sit at the table if he were seated.
Stu Ungar is recollected better for his achievements in texas holdem poker but he himself always said that he was a whole lot better at gin rummy.
He beat Doyle Brunson in the World Series of Poker in Nineteen Eighty to become the youngest world champion. Due to his features that made him seem far younger than he was, he got the nickname, "The Kid".