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 Stu Ungar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ungar, who had a genius level IQ and an eidetic memory, was able to keep track of every card in a six-deck fljack shoe.
Ungar had lost much of the $25,000 playing a high stakes poker game at the Bellagio however left the game with more than the $800 he was found with.
Ungar returned from the restroom in the middle of the hand, at which point (to Sexton's surprise) was thrilled that his money was involved in such a giant pot.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stu_Ungar   (3519 words)

  
 Stu Ungar "The Kid" - Poker Pro
Stu was born in New York City and raised on the city's Lower East Side, an incredible gin rummy player.
Stu made his final appearance in 1997, 16 years after his first win, after winning and losing millions of dollars Stu was broke and needed the help of a friend to pay his entry to the main event.
Stu, in turn, was to gamble with Stupak's money in hopes of reaping a profit on that investment with tournament victories and big scores in high-stakes side games.
www.poker.com /professionalplayers/ungar.htm   (935 words)

  
 Legends of Poker - Stu Ungar | Poker News
Stu learned young what the "juice" was on a sports bet, and also what the "juice" was when you went on the street for a loan.
Stu wasn't a favorite in poker games that were comprised of the local champions, but he learned enough of the game to be competitive, and in no-limit tournaments, Stu had no fear.
Stu Ungar died at the age of 45, losing his long battle with drugs, but winning the accolades and admiration of nearly every high-stakes player who ever played against him in a no-limit tournament.
www.pokernews.com /news/2005/09/legends-poker-stu-ungar.htm   (1275 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Famed gambler Ungar dies at 45
Stu Ungar, whose astronomical wagers and fearless play at high-stakes poker tables became the stuff of which gambling legends are made, was found dead Sunday in a Las Vegas motel room.
Ungar, a hard-luck gambler who won and lost as much as $10 million during his career that began at age 10, won no-limit Texas hold 'em titles in 1980, '81 and '97 at Binion's World Series of Poker.
Ungar, occasionally glancing through his blue-lensed granny glasses at a wallet-sized photo of his teenage daughter for inspiration, won the event that was televised by ESPN.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/sun/1998/nov/23/508047481.html   (1234 words)

  
 Stu Ungar Profile
Ungar was a genius with an eidetic memory, and could easily keep track of every card in a six-deck shoe.
Ungar looked even younger than he was, and was dubbed "The Kid".
Ungar is still regarded by many poker insiders as the greatest pure talent ever to play the game; in his life, he is estimated to have won over $30 million at the poker table.
www.pokerstore.ca /profiles/profile-stu-ungar.php   (366 words)

  
 Stu Ungar - Poker Great from The Good Gambling Guide    
Ungar, who was born in New York City and raised on the city's Lower East Side, became a professional gambler at age 14, a year after his father, who was a bookmaker and bar operator, had died.
Another year of oblivion and Stu was on the comeback trail again with his old friend Bob Stupak offering to cancel his debts and signing him up for commissioned card play.
It is not known when Ungar, a three-time world poker champion, took the drugs that contributed to his death.
www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk /thisweek/2001/stuungar.htm   (1020 words)

  
 POKER PLAYER - Stu Ungar
Stu had plenty of issues, but at the end of the day he was loyal and he loved his family.
Stu had some demons yes and the drugs was the biggest but, it is hard to sit here reading this and knowing the "Facts" about him, He lived his life the best way he knew how and enjoyed the biggest percent of it.
Stu is what I would call "life after death", he's bigger then ever and knows it were ever he is. Im glad you changed the name to the book, Stuey'the man behind the shads was kinda small for him.
www.homepokergames.com /ungar.php   (11881 words)

  
 The Stu Ungar Foundation - Challenge - Poker News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Stu Ungar was a legend in the game of poker.
WPT commentator Mike Sexton, a long time friend of Ungar, has announced his support for the foundation, as well as keep people in industry and poker, pledging help to advance the Foundation’s aims.
Ungar is best known in the poker world as winning back to back World Series Main events in 1980 and 1981 and then again, in a remarkable personal comeback, in 1997.
www.challenge.co.uk /news/the_stu_ungar_foundation_156.html   (226 words)

  
 'One of a Kind' Traces Stu Ungar's Life This Saturday on ESPN | Poker News
The tragedy of Ungar's life, and indeed the legend of Ungar still brought emotion to the people that knew him, nearly eight years after his death, and fifteen years after the beginning of the sad spiral that his life became.
Ungar speaks of himself in the past tense in these interviews, and although brief, you get the sense this was a broken man on this tape.
Making the moment all the more real is the footage of the hand itself, when Ungar, with a scowl on his face asks "How about the chips in your hand, Doyle?" as Doyle moved all in, but still had a few chips in his hand.
www.pokernews.com /news/2006/7/one-kind-ungars-life-espn.htm   (640 words)

  
 Huck Seed - Stu Ungar - Four Queens Poker championship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
He authored the definitive book on the life of Stu Ungar, and while the conversation covered myriad topics, that was the one that produced our hand of the Day.
Ungar was playing in the Four Queens Poker championship in 1991 when he went headlong into a very young Huck Seed.
A few hands later, Ungar got up from the table and was asked what he was considering, his fold obvious.
www.wisehandpoker.com /Handofday/archive/stueys-foresight.php   (489 words)

  
 Stu Ungar Profile - Professional Poker Player
Stu Ungar, known as "The Kid" is a three-time World Champion (with five WSOP bracelets).
Ungar won ten major No Limit Hold'em championship events (in which the buy-ins were $5,000 or higher).
Stu Ungar died in Novermber 22nd, 1998 at Oasis Motel, 1731 S. Las Vegas Blvd. He was 42 at the time and died of drug overdoes.
blacksburgpoker.com /poker/profiles/stu-ungar.php   (570 words)

  
 Poker Pages: Poker Greats -Stu Ungar
Describing how Ungar played No Limit poker is like talking about someone who is a fearless warrior with a combination of the artistry of Mozart, the moves of Michael Jordan, and the focus of Tiger Woods.
Ungar was a high roller and a big spender.
Ungar died in 1998 at the age of 42.
www.pokerpages.com /articles/pokergreats/stu-ungar01.htm   (963 words)

  
 Card Player Magazine - Stu Ungar: Welcome to the Hall of Fame - Part I by Mike Sexton
Ungar is considered by many, and put me on that list, to be the greatest no-limit hold'em player of all time.
Ungar had entered the world championship twice and was a two-time world champion at the age of 25.
Ungar was a relentless, fearless warrior in no-limit hold'em.
www.cardplayer.com /magazine/article/44   (1269 words)

  
 Casino-Gaming :: Stu Ungar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The main reason why Stu Ungar switched from gin rummy to poker was that he was a little too good at it.
Stu Ungar is remembered better for his accomplishments in texas holdem poker but he himself always maintained that he was far better at gin rummy.
Stu Ungar, a.k.a "The Kid", was a professional poker and gin rummy player and is considered the best player in the history of these two games.
www.articlebiz.com /article/31171-1-stu-ungar   (470 words)

  
 Stu Ungar player profile - Professional-Poker.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Stu Ungar was born in New York City and at an early age he displayed an amazing photographic memory and a knack for card playing.
When the baby-faced Stu Ungar arrived in Las Vegas in 1976, he was quickly banned from the casinos for counting cards in fljack.
Stu Ungar was a sad degenerate gambler and a drug addict who berated dealers and hurt his loved ones.
www.professional-poker.com /poker-players/stu-ungar.htm   (782 words)

  
 Netbettor: Stu Ungar Profile & Bio
Stu Ungar was the greatest card player the world has ever seen.
With his genius IQ and photographic memory Stu cut a swatch in the gin rummy world that extended from upstate New York all the way to Miami.
Further fueling the legend of Stu Ungar are the accounts of his astonishing memory.
www.netbettor.com /pokerpages/bios/stuungar.htm   (460 words)

  
 Stu Ungar movie and his poker life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Ungar was funny and had the quickest wit of anyone I've ever known.
Ungar was a genius with an eidetic memory, and could easily count into a six-deck shoe.
Ungar is still regarded by many poker insiders as the greatest pure talent ever to play the game; in his life, he is estimated to
www.vegaspokerinsider.com /stuey.html   (2337 words)

  
 High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003)
Stu (Emmy award-winner Michael Imperioli of The Sopranos) had a meteoric rise through the back-room card parlors of New York City to the glamorous casinos of Las Vegas.
Stu offends his father when he blows his bar mitzvah money at the track, and the elder Ungar forbids Stu to ever gamble again.
The framework in which Ungar tells his life story to the thug seems awfully cheesy and tired, and it doesn’t launch the movie in a provocative manner.
www.dvdmg.com /highroller.shtml   (1617 words)

  
 A Young Poker Legend's Life Portrayed in the Movie "High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story" - from Jim and Lynnette's Fun ...
Ungar first came to Las Vegas as a gin rummy prodigy; he had beaten all of the good players on the East Coast and moved to the desert mecca in search of new opportunities.
Stu was a talented card shark who won the World Series of Poker an unprecedented three times before his death at 45, a victim of his own struggles with booze and blow.
Stu counted down the last 18 cards left in the deck at the time, which caused him to be banned from casinos and single-handedly ended single deck fljack from casinos.
thefuntimesguide.com /2006/04/stu_ungar_movie.php   (1361 words)

  
 Poker playes / WSOP winners / 1970-1980 / Stu Ungar: ‘Show Me A Good Loser And I’ll Show You A Loser'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Stu Ungar (or Unger) was born to gamble.
So young… a kid… Stu “the Kid” Ungar as he was dubbed by the press.
Stu did it…It was incredible… and also brought him $100.000 and Bob Stupak’s friendship.
www.launchpoker.com /players/wsop_winners/1970_1980/-stu-ungar-   (540 words)

  
 Card Player Magazine - Stu Ungar: Welcome to the Hall of Fame - Part II by Mike Sexton
Stu Ungar: Welcome to the Hall of Fame - Part II Stu Ungar is a poker legend.
Ungar is not only a poker legend, he is a gambling legend.
Ungar was very funny and had the quickest wit of anyone I've ever known.
www.cardplayer.com /magazine/article/64   (1446 words)

  
 Amazon.com: High Roller - The Stu Ungar Story: DVD: Larry Bartels,Evan Broder,Sam DiNicola,Renee Faia,Lon Gary,Michael ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Stu Ungar had one of the most captivating lives in the history of biography, but, unfortunately, this movie does not do it justice.
Michael Imperioli as Stu 'Stuey' Ungar, Michael Nouri as Vincent, Joe La Due as DJ, Steve Schirripa as Anthony, Todd Susman as Max, Steve Schirripa as Anthony, Todd Susman as Max, Peggy Walton-Walker as Flo, Pat Morita as Mr.
Leo, Jonathan Press as Young Stu, Michael Pasternak as The Stranger, Kelly Adkins as Escort (with Pat Morita in limo), Antonio Albadran as The waiter, Jeffrey Alfiero as Spud, Bill Allison as Floorman, Larry Bartels as Dealer, Al Bernstein as Himself...
www.amazon.com /High-Roller-Stu-Ungar-Story/dp/B00070Q7VE   (1594 words)

  
 Poker Player Home Page :: Articles :: Remembering Stu Ungar
I first met Stu some 25-odd years ago in 1980, the first year that he won the World Series of Poker at Binion's.
Stu also had a reputation of being one of the best Gin Rummy players in the world, and although I could never beat him while playing poker, I was able to get lucky enough and beat him at the final table in a Gin Rummy tournament in Las Vegas.
As a final note on Stu, the courage and speed of tournament play would not work for him in live play.
www.pokerplayernewspaper.com /viewarticle.php?id=1149   (898 words)

  
 Stu Ungar captures attention of poker fans in movie - SportsCrew Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Ungar won the first two WSOP main events he entered, in 1980, and 1981.
From time to time Ungar was reported to enter major buy in tournaments (once it was 30 tournaments), and to win one-third of them.
Stu Ungar, who was born in New York City, became a professional gambler at the age of 14.
www.sportscrew.com /vb/showthread.php?t=37788   (645 words)

  
 Stu Ungar - Fan site dedicated to the late professional poker player
Stu Ungar stunned the world once again and shut the critics who claimed that his comeback would be nothing but a failure.
The poker players witnessed a physically and mentally deteriorated Stu Ungar, who started wearing shades, not because he wanted to improve his game play, but to prevent others from seeing his damaged nostrils, permanently damaged from cocaine and other drugs.
Despite this tragic event, Stu Ungar will be remembered as one of the greatest poker players of all time, and possibly the best gin player who ever lived.
www.stu-ungar.com   (796 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Stu Ungar": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Not long ago, for example, Stu Ungar, the ig8o World Champion, who, like Chip Reese, is rumored to have turned over millions of dollars in a couple...
Stu Ungar, the two-time world champion of poker, was not unac- customed to drawing stares in a poker room.
At age twenty-two Stu Ungar was fin- ished as a professional gin rummy player.
www.amazon.com /phrase/Stu-Ungar   (483 words)

  
 Stu Ungar Bio
Stu Ungar was a professional poker and gin rummy player, considered
In 1997, Ungar was deeply in debt, but received
Seven months after the 1998 WSOP, which Ungar didn't play in, he was found dead in a Las
www.acequeenpoker.com /stu_ungar_bio.html   (215 words)

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