Stu Ungar’s name is a name mentioned with respect among poker players. It is difficult to say who the best poker player is, but many would definitely say that Stu Ungar is the answer.
He is the guy who won the World Series of Poker five times, and the Super Bowl of Poker three times. The fact that he only participated in about thirty contest while he lived (he died in 1998) is quite remarkable, considering how many of them he won.

He was, in a way, destined to become a great poker player. He had a very high IQ and photographic memory, and he was a very good mathematician. But he also had some problems that would be his downfall in a very sad way.

He never had a normal job, but only won and lost money through gambling. Apart from poker, he did very well playing on horses, and playing gin rummy, backgammon and blackjack. The latter one he was so good at, that there were no casino to let him in after a while. He just won and won. Even though he was called “The kid”, he still had a talent that didn’t remind at all of a childs.
He had a son who committed suicide when he was in his teens, and Stu himself was only 45 at the time of his own death. He was a heavy drug addict, and when he died he left behind a daughter who was fifteen years old.

“The kid” was only twenty four when he entered the WSOP for the first time, and when he won many people and critics said that it was because of luck. He entered the year after, and just to prove them wrong, he won again. That is pretty exceptional. So yes, I think it is safe to say that he was one of the best poker players in the world – if not the best.

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