Stu Unger: Poker Player
The basic reason for why Mr. Ungar switched from gin to poker was that he was a tiny bit too skilled at it. So good was he, that no one possibly could equal him. Even the so-called professionals who were supposed to be the greatest at gin were defeated when they played against Mr. Ungar. One such gin professionals was Harry Stein, called, "Yonkie". Harry suffered such a debilitating blow at the hands of mr. ungar that he allegedly quit competing in it professionally and never showed up at a gin rummy tournament.
Accordingly, with a notoriety like that it wasn’t long before gamblers became afraid of gambling against Stu Ungar. He couldn’t find any matches and in his desperation he started doing something no one had attempted prior. Stu provided beginning handicaps to potential competitors in the hope that they might just play with him if they thought they had an advantage. He at will began from a negative arrangement and one account has it that he even competed with a regular cheater. Mid game, he received advice that the absconder was at it one more time but mr. ungar stated that he deduced of the dishonestly and he would still come away with a win, which he did, of course.
The same problem followed Stu Ungar into Las Vegas. He won so much that the casinos began requesting that he not to gamble on their casinos anymore. The reason for it was that other poker room clientele would not be seated at the poker table if he were seated.
Stu Ungar is recalled better for his achievements in texas hold’em poker but he always said that he was much more accomplished at gin rummy.
He beat Doyle Brunson in the World Series of Poker in Nineteen Eighty to become the youngest world champion. Because of his features that made him appear far younger than he was, he got the nickname, "The Kid".
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