Hold’em Poker Legends
Posted in Poker on 12/17/2010 04:21 am by Nolan
Stu is considered by many to the very best NL Hold’em Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and started betting poker before reaching his teens.
The young gambler began betting gin and at the age of ten had won his 1st gin tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the age of fourteen the small poker genius had become a pro and dropped out of school.
In 1954 Stu entered the record books by winning 10 grand in a gin rummy tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still remains in New York today.
The quick speaking wiz kid has been likened, in poker terms, to athletic superstars like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a actual ability for betting poker except despite his successes in Hold’em poker, he preferred betting gin.
Stu once said that there might several day be a improved No Limit Texas hold’em player than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a improved gin player.
In 1980 Stu was put on the world map as one of the ideal 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 entered the tournament.
The following year he put aside any suggestions that it had been a fluke, by effectively protecting his crown. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.
But this poker legend also fought with substance abuse and a year following succeeding his third title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had died from a cardiac event which was caused by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started out with nothing but his ability and expertise for the game which made this poker good a millionaire quite a few times over.