Hold'em Poker Legends

Stu is considered by many to the finest NL Hold'em Poker player ever.

The 3 time World Poker Champ was born in New York in 1953 and started betting poker prior to reaching his teens.

The young gambler started out wagering gin and at the age of 10 had won his first gin tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the age of fourteen the little poker maestro had turned professional and dropped out of school.

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

The fast talking superstar has been likened, in poker terms, to sporting greats like Joe Namath and Tiger Woods. Stu had a real ability for betting poker but regardless of his achievements in Holdem poker, he preferred wagering gin.

Stu once said that there might several day be a greater No Limit Texas hold'em gambler than him but he could not see how anyone could ever be a far better gin player.

In '80 Stu was put on the global map as one of the very best Texas hold em Poker gamblers in the globe when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the first time. Extraordinarily it was the very first time he had entered the tournament.

The subsequent year he put aside any suggestions that it had been a fluke, by successfully defending his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by winning his third World poker championship.

But this poker master also battled with drug abuse and a year following winning his 3rd title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to physicians, he had died from a cardiac event 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 good a millionaire a lot of times over.

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