Stu is considered by many to the greatest No Limit Holdem Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and began betting poker prior to reaching his teens.
The young bettor began betting gin and at the age of 10 had won his initial gin tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the time he turned fourteen the little poker maestro had turned professional and dropped out of school.
In 1954 Stu Ungar entered the record books by succeeding $10,000 in a gin tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still remains in New York today.
The quick speaking wiz kid has been compared, in poker terms, to athletic greats like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a real ability for wagering poker except in spite of his successes in Texas hold em poker, he preferred wagering gin.
Stu once said that there might several day be a improved No Limit Texas hold em gambler than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a far better gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the very best Texas hold’em Poker gamblers in the world when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the 1st time. Astonishingly it was the very first time he had entered the tournament.
The right after year he put aside any thoughts that it had been luck, by effectively defending his title. And in 1997 Stu set the record by winning his third World poker championship.
Except this poker master also struggled with substance abuse and a year after succeeding his 3rd title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to medical professionals, he had died from cardiac arrest which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had began with absolutely nothing but his skill and talent for the game which made this poker great a millionaire a lot of times over.