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Stu is considered by many to the very best No Limit Texas hold em Poker player ever.

The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and started wagering poker prior to becomming a teenager.

The young bettor started out playing gin and at the age of ten had won his first gin rummy tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the age of 14 the little poker maestro had turned pro and dropped out of school.

In ‘54 Stu entered the history books by winning ten thousand dollars in a gin rummy tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still stands in New York today.

The quick speaking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting superstars like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu Ungar had a actual skill for betting poker but regardless of his successes in Holdem poker, he preferred wagering gin.

Stu once said that there might some day be a greater NL Texas hold’em gambler than him but he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a better gin player.

In 1980 Stu was put on the global map as one of the ideal Texas holdem Poker players in the globe when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the very first time. Astonishingly it was the first time he had entered 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 winning his third World poker championship.

Except this poker legend also battled 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 heart attack which was brought on by his lifestyle.

Stu Ungar had started with absolutely nothing but his skill and talent for the game which made this poker fantastic a millionaire numerous times over.