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Stu is considered by many to the very best NL Holdem Poker player ever.

The three 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 initial gin rummy tournament, while on holiday with his mother and father. By the time he turned fourteen the little poker genius had become a pro and stopped going to school.

In 1954 Stu entered the record books by succeeding 10,000 dollars in a gin rummy tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still appears in New York these days.

The fast talking wiz kid has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting superstars like Joe Namath and Tiger Woods. Stu Ungar had a actual skill for playing poker but regardless of his successes in Holdem poker, he preferred wagering gin.

Stu once said that there may some day be a better No Limit Hold em player than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a greater gin gambler.

In 1980 Stu was put on the world map as one of the greatest Texas hold em Poker gamblers in the entire world when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the very first time. Extraordinarily it was the very first time he had played in the tournament.

The right after year he dismissed any suggestions that it had been luck, by successfully defending his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by succeeding his third World poker championship.

But this poker legend also battled with substance abuse and a year following winning his 3rd title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had passed away from a heart attack which was brought on by his lifestyle.

Stu had began with absolutely nothing except his skill and expertise for the casino game which made this poker wonderful a millionaire numerous times over.