Stu is regarded by many to the very best No Limit Texas hold em Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in 1953 and started betting poker prior to reaching his teens.
The young bettor started out betting gin and at the age of ten had won his initial gin rummy tournament, while on holiday with his parents. By the time he turned fourteen the small poker maestro had turned pro and stopped going to school.
In 1954 Stu Ungar entered the record books by succeeding $10,000 in a gin rummy tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still appears 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 had a true skill for wagering poker but regardless of his successes in Holdem poker, he preferred wagering gin.
Stu once said that there might several day be a much better No Limit 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 finest Hold em Poker gamblers in the planet when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Extraordinarily it was the very first time he had played in the tournament.
The subsequent year he put aside any thoughts that it had been luck, by effectively protecting his title. And in 1997 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.
Except this poker legend also struggled with substance abuse and a year right after winning his 3rd title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had passed away from cardiac arrest which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu had began with practically nothing except his ability and natural talent for the casino game which made this poker wonderful a millionaire a lot of times over.