Texas Holdem Poker Legends
Posted in Poker on 06/30/2013 10:21 pm by IzaiahStu is considered by most to the finest NL Texas holdem Poker player ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and started betting poker prior to becomming a teenager.
The young gambler began playing gin and at the age of ten had won his 1st gin rummy tournament, while on vacation with his mother and father. By the age of 14 the small poker maestro had turned pro and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by succeeding 10 grand in a gin tournament without dropping a single hand, a record which still appears in New York today.
The fast talking wiz kid has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting superstars such as Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a real ability for wagering poker but despite his achievements in Texas hold em poker, he favored playing gin.
Stu once said that there might some day be a greater NL Texas holdem player than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a better gin gambler.
In 1980 Stu was put on the global map as one of the very best Hold em Poker players in the earth when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the 1st time. Amazingly it was the very first time he had played in the tournament.
The following year he put aside any suggestions that it had been a fluke, by successfully protecting his crown. 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 following succeeding his third title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to doctors, he had died from cardiac arrest which was triggered by his lifestyle.
Stu had started out with practically nothing but his ability and natural talent for the game which made this poker fantastic a millionaire quite a few times over.