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Stu is regarded by most to the finest NL Texas hold em Poker player ever.

The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and began betting poker before reaching his teens.

The young gambler started out playing gin and at the age of 10 had won his initial gin rummy tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the time he turned fourteen the small poker genius had turned pro and dropped out of school.

In 1954 Stu Ungar entered the record books by succeeding ten thousand dollars in a gin tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still remains in New York today.

The fast talking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting superstars like Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a genuine ability for wagering poker but in spite of his achievements in Texas hold’em poker, he favored betting gin.

Stu once said that there may a number of day be a much better NL Texas hold em gambler than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a better gin gambler.

In 1980 Stu Ungar was put on the world map as one of the ideal Texas hold’em Poker players in the globe when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the first time. Extraordinarily it was the very first time he had played in the tournament.

The subsequent year he put aside any suggestions that it had been a fluke, by effectively defending his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.

Except this poker master also fought with substance abuse and a year right after succeeding his 3rd title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to medical doctors, he had died from a cardiac event which was triggered by his lifestyle.

Stu had started out with absolutely nothing except his ability and expertise for the game which made this poker fantastic a millionaire numerous times over.