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In it’s day, the
Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker was the second most prestigious
poker series.
Stu won it in 1983, 1988 and 1989. Slim once commented on Stu by
saying that "Stu musta won a jillion dollars in my tournaments." He won
a total of 10 major no-limit Texas hold 'em events (events in which the
buy-ins were $5,000 or higher).
If
Stu played on-line poker, his screen name could have easily been “The
Assassin.” In fact, all who knew him well (professional poker and gin
players as well as backers) agree that if he had learned the art of the
hustle, he could have won significantly more money than his life time
winnings, which were estimated at around 30 million from poker alone.
The art of the hustle simply means slowing down a bit to give less
competent opponents the illusion that they can beat him. That would be
the only way that they would dig into their pockets to put up more money
to have another go against Stu. He never took the hustle route. Instead,
he always attempted to beat his opponents with the greatest margin
possible.
Married – divorced with
two children (one by marriage and one by birth)
Great movie about Stu
Unger is called High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story.
Ungar was portrayed by Michael Imperioli (key character in the series
The Sopranos) If you’re a card player, you will enjoy this movie.
Mike Sexton
wrote that Stu said to him:
”Some day, I suppose it's possible for someone to be a better no limit
hold’em player than me. I doubt it, but it could happen. But, I swear to
you, I don't see how anyone could ever play gin better than me.”
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