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Stu is considered by most to the very best NL Texas hold'em Poker player ever.

The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in '53 and started betting poker prior to becomming a teenager.

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

In '54 Stu Ungar entered the history books by succeeding 10 grand in a gin rummy tournament without sacrificing a single hand, a record which still stands in New York today.

The fast speaking wiz kid has been likened, in poker terms, to athletic greats like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Stu had a real talent for betting poker but regardless of his achievements in Texas hold'em poker, he favored betting gin.

Stu once said that there might some day be a much better NL Holdem gambler than him but he couldn't see how anyone could ever be a improved gin gambler.

In '80 Stu was put on the world map as one of the finest Hold em Poker gamblers in the planet when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the very first time. Astonishingly it was the very first time he had entered the tournament.

The following year he dismissed any thoughts that it had been a fluke, by effectively defending his title. And in '97 Stu set the record by succeeding his 3rd World poker championship.

Except this poker master also struggled with drug abuse and a year right after succeeding his 3rd title Stu died in his hotel room. According to doctors, he had passed away from a cardiac event which was caused by his lifestyle.

Stu had started out with absolutely nothing except his ability and expertise for the casino game which made this poker good a millionaire many times over.