Hold em Poker Legends
Posted in Poker on 12/15/2010 04:21 pm by Caylee
Stu Ungar is thought to be 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 began betting poker before reaching his teens.
The young gambler began wagering gin and at the age of 10 had won his primary gin tournament, while on holiday with his parents. By the time he turned fourteen the little poker maestro had become a professional and stopped going to school.
In 1954 Stu entered the record books by succeeding ten thousand dollars in a gin tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still appears in New York these days.
The fast talking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to athletic superstars such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu Ungar had a real skill for playing poker but regardless of his achievements in Hold’em poker, he favored betting gin.
Stu once said that there might a number of day be a better NL Texas hold em player than him but he could not see how anyone could ever be a improved gin player.
In ‘80 Stu was put on the global map as one of the ideal Texas holdem Poker gamblers in the entire world when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the very first time. Astonishingly it was the 1st time he had played in the tournament.
The subsequent year he dismissed any suggestions that it had been luck, by successfully defending his title. And in 1997 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.
Except this poker master also battled with substance abuse and a year after winning his 3rd title Stu died in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had died from a heart attack which was caused by his lifestyle.
Stu had started out with absolutely nothing but his skill and expertise for the casino game which made this poker good a millionaire several times over.