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Stu Ungar is regarded by many to the very best No Limit Hold em Poker gambler ever.

The 3 time World Poker Champion was born in New York in ‘53 and started playing poker before reaching his teens.

The young bettor started out playing gin and at the age of 10 had won his primary gin tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the time he turned 14 the little poker genius had become a pro and stopped going to school.

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

The quick talking wiz kid has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting greats like Joe Namath and Tiger Woods. Stu Ungar had a actual skill for betting poker except in spite of his successes in Holdem poker, he favored betting gin.

Stu once said that there might several day be a much better No Limit Texas holdem player than him but he couldn’t see how anyone could ever be a far better gin gambler.

In ‘80 Stu Ungar was put on the global map as one of the very best Texas hold’em Poker players in the entire world when he was crowned World Poker Champion for the 1st time. Astonishingly it was the very first time he had entered the tournament.

The subsequent 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.

Except this poker master also struggled with drug abuse and a year following succeeding his 3rd title Stu Ungar died in his hotel room. According to medical doctors, he had died from a heart attack which was brought on by his lifestyle.

Stu Ungar had started out with practically nothing but his ability and expertise for the casino game which made this poker fantastic a millionaire quite a few times over.