Holdem Poker Masters
Stu Ungar is regarded by many to the finest NL Hold em Poker player ever.
The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in ‘53 and started playing poker prior to reaching his teens.
The young bettor began playing gin and at the age of 10 had won his first gin tournament, while on holiday with his parents. By the age of 14 the little poker maestro had become a pro and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the history books by winning 10,000 dollars in a gin tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still stands in New York these days.
The fast speaking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting greats like Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a actual ability for playing poker but despite his achievements in Holdem poker, he favored wagering gin.
Stu once said that there might some day be a far better No Limit Texas holdem player than him but he could not see how anyone could ever be a much better gin player.
In ‘80 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the best Hold em Poker gamblers in the globe when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the very first time. Astonishingly it was the first time he had played in the tournament.
The subsequent year he dismissed any suggestions that it had been luck, by effectively defending his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
But this poker legend also fought with substance abuse and a year following winning his third title Stu past away in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had passed away from a cardiac event which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had started with nothing except his skill and natural talent for the game which made this poker good a millionaire a lot of times over.
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