Stu Ungar
Posted in Poker on 11/10/2010 09:21 pm by Lilly
The primary reason for why Mr. Ungar changed from gin to poker was that Stu was a bit too skilled at it. So skilled was he, that no one was able equal him. Even the so-called champions who were meant to be the greatest at gin rummy were demolished when they competed against Stu. One of these gin rummy player was Harry Stein, nicknamed, "Yonkie". Mr. Stein suffered such a belittling beating at the hands of stu that he evidently quit competing in it as a pro and never showed up at a gin rummy tournament.
Certainly, with a honor like that it was not too long before everyone became shy of playing against Stu Ungar. He couldn’t find any matches and in his desperation he began doing something no one had performed prior. Stu presented starting handicaps to likely opposing players with the hope that they might just compete opposed to him if they believed they had an advantage. He deliberately played from a bad arrangement and one story has it that stu even competed against a constant bad egg. Mid game, he get warnings that the absconder was at it again but stu stated that he knew of the dishonestly and he would still win, which of course, he did.
The same trend followed Stu Ungar into Las Vegas. He won so frequently that the casinos started asking him not to wager on their rooms anymore. The reason for it was that other casino clientele refused to be seated at the table if he were playing.
Stu Ungar is recollected more for his abilities in texas hold’em poker but he always maintained that he was much more skilled at gin rummy.
He defeated Doyle Brunson in the WSOP in Nineteen Eighty to become the youngest world camp. Due to his features that made him appear far younger than he actually was, he was nicknamed, "The Kid".