Online Poker Surfer: Stu Unger: Rise and Fall of a Poker Genius

Stu Unger: Rise and Fall of a Poker Genius
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pokersurfer on 05/02/2010 15:39:00
 
Stu dropped out of school to become a full time gin rummy player. The Genovese
family had profited from Stus talent. The increase as a pro gin player, Stu had
managed to beat all the pro gin poker players around.
According to the rumours, Stu caused Harry Yonkie Stein, one of the best players
around to stop playing gin absolutely after thrashing him in a gin match. In
1976, he and his girl moved to Vegas where they were given married and had a
girl, Stephanie. In 1980, Stu won the World Series of Poker Main Event after
thrashing experienced poker pros like Doyle Bronson. Stu was the youngest WSOP
champ in history and was nicknamed The Kid. Although Stu won the 1981 WSOP Main
Event, he considered himself more a gin and rummy player than a poker player.
After winning his first WSOP championship title, he was quoted asserting the
poker world would meet better no limit players than him, but nobody will ever be
in a position to play gin rummy better than he does.
In 1982, he got fined by the New Jersey Gaming Commission for cheating, though
Stu hasn't done anything illegal but using his natural talent and outstanding
memory. The decline In 1990, Stu made another appearance to the WSOP.
He used to be a chip leader for the 1st a few days of the event and then
vanished. He was found lying at his hotel room, comatose from a drug overdose.
it didn't stop him from finishing ninth and earning enough cash for his future
cocaine supply. The Comeback After 7 years of vanishing from the pro poker
circle, Stu had returned to the WSOP. The local media was delighted to embrace
The Comeback Kid, but his success didn't last long. The Death Stu Unger didn't
attend the 1998 World Series of Poker since he couldn't get the money to pay the
entry charge. 7 months after Scotty Nguyen won the 1998 WSOP, Stu Ungar was
found dead at his motel room in Vegas with eight hundred bucks in his pocket.
The Autobiography Read : One of a Kind : The Rise and Fall of Stuey The Kid
Ungar, The Worlds Best Poker Player authored by Nolan Dalla, Peter Alson, Mike
Sexton. Watch : High Roller : The Stu Ungar Story directed by A. W. Vidmer and
starring Michael Imperioli, Christopher Moltisanti of The Sopranos, as Stu
Unger.