Stu Unger: Poker Player
The basic reason why Mr. Ungar changed from gin to poker was that he was a bit too good at it. So skilled in fact, that no player possibly could stand up to him. Even the commonly called experts who were meant to be the greatest at gin rummy were demolished when they played against Stu. One such gin rummy professionals was Harry Stein, nicknamed, "Yonkie". Harry suffered such a humiliating beating at the hands of stu that he allegedly quit competing in it as a pro and never resurfaced at a gin tournament.
Of course, with a image like that it was not long before players became weary of gambling against mr. ungar. He could not find any games and in his agony he started doing something no one had done prior. He offered beginning handicaps to likely opponents with the high hopes that they might play against him if they thought they held an advantage. He at will started from a negative arrangement and one account has it that he even played against a constant cheater. Mid game, he get warnings that the absconder was at it one more time but mr. ungar stated that he knew of the chicanery and he would still acquire a win, which he did, of course.
The same trend followed Stu Ungar to vegas. He won so frequently that the casinos began asking him not to compete on their respective premises anymore. The reasoning behind it was that other poker room visitors refused to be seated at the poker table if Stu was playing.
Stu Ungar is recollected more for his abilities in hold’em poker but he himself always said that he was a whole lot better at gin rummy.
He beat Doyle Brunson in the WSOP in 1980 and became the youngest world champion. Because of his features that made him seem far younger than he was, he was nicknamed, "The Kid".
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