Texas Hold’em Poker Legends
Posted in Poker on 12/22/2010 05:21 pm by Marcus
Stu is regarded by many to the finest NL Holdem Poker gambler ever.
The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and started playing poker before becomming a teenager.
The young gambler started out wagering gin and at the age of 10 had won his initial gin rummy tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the time he turned 14 the small poker genius had become a pro and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by succeeding ten thousand dollars in a gin rummy tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still appears in New York these days.
The fast talking wiz kid has been likened, in poker terms, to athletic greats such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu had a actual ability for betting poker but in spite of his successes in Texas holdem poker, he preferred wagering gin.
Stu once said that there may several day be a improved NL Texas hold’em gambler than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a better gin player.
In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the global map as one of the finest Texas hold’em Poker gamblers in the earth when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the very first time. Extraordinarily it was the first time he had entered the tournament.
The right after year he put aside any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by successfully defending his crown. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by winning his third World poker championship.
But this poker legend also struggled with drug abuse and a year following succeeding his 3rd title Stu died in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had passed away from a heart attack which was caused by his lifestyle.
Stu Ungar had began with absolutely nothing but his skill and expertise for the casino game which made this poker great a millionaire a lot of times over.