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

The three time World Poker Champ was born in New York in '53 and started playing poker prior to reaching his teens.

The young bettor started out wagering gin and at the age of ten had won his first gin tournament, while on holiday with his parents. By the time he turned fourteen the little poker maestro had turned pro and dropped out of school.

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

The fast speaking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to athletic greats like Joe Namath and Kobe Bryant. Stu had a true skill for betting poker except despite his achievements in Holdem poker, he favored wagering gin.

Stu once said that there may a few day be a much better NL Holdem player than him except 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 best Texas hold em Poker gamblers in the entire world when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the 1st time. Amazingly it was the 1st time he had entered the tournament.

The following year he put aside any suggestions that it had been luck, by successfully protecting his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by winning his 3rd World poker championship.

But this poker legend also battled with drug abuse and a year after succeeding his third title Stu Ungar past away in his hotel room. According to medical doctors, he had passed away from cardiac arrest which was caused by his lifestyle.

Stu had started with practically nothing but his skill and talent for the game which made this poker wonderful a millionaire many times over.