The primary basis for why Stu Ungar changed from gin to poker was that he was a little too good at it. So good was he, that no one possibly could equal him. Even the so-called professionals who were supposed to be the most favorable at gin were beat when they faced Stu Ungar. One such gin professionals was Harry Stein, nicknamed, "Yonkie". Harry was handed such a humiliating defeat at the hands of mr. ungar that he evidently stopped playing it as a pro and never showed up at a gin tournament.
Accordingly, with a honor like that it wasn’t long before players became afraid of wagering against mr. ungar. He couldn’t find any games and in his bleakness he began doing something no one had performed before. Stu presented starting handicaps to potential competitors with the wish that they might just compete opposed to him if they thought they held an edge. He deliberately began from a bad arrangement and one tale has it that stu even competed against a constant bad egg. Amid the match, he get advice that the absconder was at it one more time but mr. ungar guaranteed that he deduced of the fraudulent activity and he would still come away with a win, which of course, he did.
The same problem followed Stu Ungar into vegas. He won so frequently that the poker rooms started requesting that he not to play in their casinos anymore. The explanation why was that other poker room customers would not sit at the poker table if Stu was seated.
Stu Ungar is recollected better for his achievements in hold’em poker but he himself always maintained that he was a whole lot more accomplished at gin rummy.
He defeated Doyle Brunson in the World Series of Poker 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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