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June
Written by Abdiel.
Posted in: Poker
The main reason for why Stu Ungar changed from gin rummy to poker was that he was a tiny bit too good at it. So skilled in fact, that no player could stand up to him. Even the apparently champions who were meant to be the most favorable at gin were demolished when they competed against Stu Ungar. One such gin player was Harry Stein, called, "Yonkie". Harry was handed such a debilitating beating at the hands of stu that he evidently stopped participating in it as a pro and never resurfaced at a gin tournament.
Accordingly, with a honor like that it was not very long before gamblers became shy of gambling against mr. ungar. He couldn’t find any games and in his boredom he began doing something no one had attempted prior. Stu offered starting handicaps to potential opponents in the high hopes that they might play opposed to him if they believed they had an advantage. He deliberately began from a bad arrangement and one tale has it that he even played against a constant cheater. Amid the contest, he received warnings that the absconder was at it yet again but Stu Ungar guaranteed that he deduced of the dishonestly and he would still come away with a win, which he did, of course.
The same problem followed Stu Ungar to Las Vegas. He won so frequently that the casinos began asking him not to compete on their respective premises anymore. The explanation why was that other casino clients would not be seated at the table if Stu was seated.
Stu Ungar is recalled better for his abilities in texas holdem poker but he always maintained that he was a whole lot more skilled at gin rummy.
He beat Doyle Brunson in the WSOP in Nineteen Eighty and became the youngest world camp. Because of his features that made him seem far younger than he really was, he was nicknamed, "The Kid".
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