Hold’em Poker Masters
Posted in Poker on 08/10/2013 10:21 am by Christopher
Stu is considered by most to the greatest No Limit Hold’em Poker gambler ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in ‘53 and began wagering poker prior to reaching his teens.
The young gambler began betting gin and at the age of ten had won his first gin tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the time he turned fourteen the small poker maestro had become a professional and stopped going to school.
In 1954 Stu entered the history books by succeeding ten thousand dollars in a gin tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still remains in New York today.
The fast talking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting greats like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a genuine talent for playing poker but in spite of his achievements in Texas hold’em poker, he favored wagering gin.
Stu once said that there might a few day be a far better NL Texas hold em player than him except he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a much better gin gambler.
In ‘80 Stu was put on the global map as one of the finest Hold’em Poker players in the earth when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the very first time. Astonishingly 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 successfully defending his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by winning his third World poker championship.
Except this poker legend also struggled with drug abuse and a year after winning his third title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had passed away from a cardiac event which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu had began with absolutely nothing but his skill and expertise for the game which made this poker excellent a millionaire quite a few times over.