Texas Hold em Poker Masters
Posted in Poker on 12/15/2013 12:21 am by Felipe
Stu is considered by many to the greatest NL Holdem Poker player ever.
The 3 time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and started betting poker prior to becomming a teenager.
The young gambler started out betting gin and at the age of 10 had won his primary gin tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the time he turned fourteen the small poker maestro had become a pro and dropped out of school.
In ‘54 Stu entered the history books by succeeding 10 grand in a gin rummy tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still appears in New York today.
The fast speaking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting superstars such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu had a true talent for wagering poker but regardless of his achievements in Holdem poker, he preferred playing gin.
Stu once said that there might several day be a greater NL Hold em player than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a improved gin player.
In 1980 Stu was put on the world map as one of the finest Hold’em Poker gamblers in the earth when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Astonishingly it was the first time he had played in the tournament.
The following year he dismissed any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by successfully defending his title. And in ‘97 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.
But this poker legend also fought with drug 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 with practically nothing except his skill and expertise for the game which made this poker fantastic a millionaire quite a few times over.