Stu Unger: Poker Player

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The main reason for why Stu changed from gin rummy to poker was that Stu was a little too skilled at it. So skilled was he, that no one could equal him. Even the apparently champions who were meant to be the greatest at gin rummy were crushed when they faced Mr. Ungar. One such gin player was Harry Stein, called, "Yonkie". Harry Stein was handed such a crushing blow at the hands of Stu Ungar that he apparently quit competing in it professionally and never showed up at a gin tournament.

Of course, with a image like that it was not too long before gamblers became afraid of gambling against mr. ungar. He could not find any games and in his bleakness he began doing something no one had attempted before. Stu offered starting handicaps to potential opposing players in the high hopes that they might compete opposed to him if they believed they held an edge. He at will began from a disadvantageous arrangement and one story has it that stu even played with a regular absconder. During the game, he received warnings that the bad egg was at it yet again but Stu Ungar stated that he deduced of the chicanery and he would still acquire a win, which of course, he did.

The same trend followed Stu Ungar into vegas. He won so much that the casinos began requesting that he not to wager in their respective premises anymore. The reasoning behind it was that other casino clientele would not sit at the poker table if he were seated.

Stu Ungar is recalled more for his abilities in holdem poker but he always insisted that he was considerably more skilled at gin rummy.

He beat Doyle Brunson in the WSOP in 1980 to become the youngest world camp. Because of his features that made him seem far younger than he really was, he was nicknamed, "The Kid".