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April
Written by Kaila.
Posted in: Poker
The basic reason for why Mr. Ungar changed from gin to poker was that he was a little too good at it. So skilled in fact, that no one possibly could equal him. Even the apparently professionals who were supposed to be the most favorable at gin were beat when they played with Stu Ungar. One such gin professionals was Harry Stein, called, "Yonkie". Mr. Stein suffered such a crushing defeat at the hands of mr. ungar that he apparently stopped playing it professionally and never resurfaced at a gin tournament.
Accordingly, with a honor like that it wasn’t long before gamblers became shy of competing against mr. ungar. He couldn’t find any matches and in his boredom he started doing something no one had performed prior. He issued beginning handicaps to likely opposing players in the wish that they might just compete against him if they believed they had an edge. He deliberately began from a negative position and one story has it that stu even competed with a constant bad egg. Mid match, he get a few words of wisdom that the bad egg was at it once again but Stu Ungar guaranteed that he knew of the chicanery and he would still win, which he did, of course.
The same problem followed Stu Ungar to vegas. He won so much that the casinos started requesting that he not to gamble on their respective premises anymore. The reason for it was that other casino clientele refused to be seated at the poker table if he were seated.
Stu Ungar is remembered better for his abilities in texas hold’em poker but he himself always maintained that he was far more accomplished at gin rummy.
He beat Doyle Brunson in the WSOP in 1980 to become the youngest world champion. Because of his looks that made him seem far younger than he really was, he got the nickname, "The Kid".
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