Aleksandr1991
Rock Star
Platinum Level
That's for sure!!!
The only poker player to win the main tournament of the world series of poker three times as a result of a tournament game.
At the moment, I think the best poker player right now is
Daniel Negreanu is a Romanian poker player who has won over $30,000,000 in tournaments. The calculation takes TheHendonMob's private data. A successful poker player has been awarded the title of best player for several years in a row.
The only poker player to win the main tournament of the world series of poker three times as a result of a tournament game.
At the moment, I think the best poker player right now is
Daniel Negreanu is a Romanian poker player who has won over $30,000,000 in tournaments. The calculation takes TheHendonMob's private data. A successful poker player has been awarded the title of best player for several years in a row.
G0930
Captain Fathermucker, Satty Aficionado
Loyaler
why would he be. he had his moment decades ago, then went broke, borrowed money and continued his dry streak. never heard of him again. end of story
G0930
Captain Fathermucker, Satty Aficionado
Loyaler
Negreanu is Canadian and identifies himself as Canadian
Also not true: "Stu Ungar is the only one who won 3 times" . Johnny Moss did too. The very first wsop 1970, 1971 and 1974
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Aleksandr1991
Rock Star
Platinum Level
Sorry, I was wrong))))
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theStarfish
Legend
Platinum Level
Stu was very talented and he proved it with several good results, not only in the Main Event. It is always hard to say, if someone is or was the best, but he was certainly one of the greatest players of all time.
BelFish
Legend
Loyaler
Poker_Mike
Legend
Loyaler
I didn't realize Stu had so much success with 2-7.
Or that they were even playing that game in 1981.
Sometimes if I am indecisive in NLH - I ask myself how Stu Ungar would play this hand....and why.
LUKADONCICMVP
Rock Star
Platinum Level
best all time all around poker player in the world was easy Chip Reese.
en.wikipedia.org
Chip Reese - Wikipedia
Newzooozooo
Legend
Loyaler
Hi.
Undoubtedly, he was very talented and one of the best. It's a pity that he lived such a short life. But besides him, there are quite a few talented players who have not yet fully revealed their potential.
Good luck.
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theStarfish
Legend
Platinum Level
As far as I know 2-7 was very popular back then. I once heard a story that they even thought about playing 2-7 in the Main Event and not Holdem. Not sure if this is true though.
nerobs9
Legend
Bronze Level
Hi, friend!
Recently, I also heard about this player and decided to write an article after reading a lot of information about him:
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I also wonder if he is lucky or really such a professional?
Recently, I also heard about this player and decided to write an article after reading a lot of information about him:
How did a beginner tear champions at the poker tables?
We are talking about a poker player - Stuart Errol Ungar. Throughout his career, he win about $3.6 million and he has 5 WSOP bracelets. A little. It cannot be put even in the first hundred players. If a compare with Phil Hellmuth, he has 3 times more bracelets. However, Stew Ungar is the only...
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I also wonder if he is lucky or really such a professional?
Poker_Mike
Legend
Loyaler
Stu Ungar understood his opponents and their motivation in every hand.
To me that is what made him great.
He could read his opponents better than those players could read themselves!
Dorugremon
Rock Star
Silver Level
Stu's inner demons got the best of him. He had a major weakness for nose candy. He also couldn't keep away from -EV bets. No one could function with a habit like his.
BetterThanAvgButNotByMuch
Visionary
Bronze Level
Most dominant poker player ever. No one has come close to what he achieved. The guy was feared by the best in the world playing in cash games and tourns.
Only one to win 3 WSOP world titles, Moss didn't play and win 3. And Stu would have probably won a 4th if he hadn't been high and gotten so blinded off at the 1990 Main Event.
Won 3 SBOP titles in 84, 88 and 89 which was the 2nd most prestigious poker title at the time.
Guy wasn't a one show pony who just specialized in one game like a lot of people today either. He was beating the best in the world at the other big games of the day like Stud and low ball.
Lets put it this way, everyone knew he had "problems" but he was so good that people were still willing to back him in a tourn while playing the best players in the world!! That's how good he was.
He would have had a blast if he made it to the poker boom with all that soft money coming into the games.
And online, lolol. . . those kids analyzing people's games using software and looking for opponent ranges and combinations, blockers. . Stu was doing that stuff back in the 1960s-early 70s. That's how he was able to have a clue what his opponents were holding while beating the best gin rummy players in the world.
Guy was getting black listed from all the Vegas casinos blackjack tables for being able to count the cards as well.
He did the same for poker hands. That's why he would have been one of the few old time poker players that would have been dominating the scene during the poker boom.
Guy would surpassed everyone by light years in poker if he had lived. Not miles, light years.
Only one to win 3 WSOP world titles, Moss didn't play and win 3. And Stu would have probably won a 4th if he hadn't been high and gotten so blinded off at the 1990 Main Event.
Won 3 SBOP titles in 84, 88 and 89 which was the 2nd most prestigious poker title at the time.
Guy wasn't a one show pony who just specialized in one game like a lot of people today either. He was beating the best in the world at the other big games of the day like Stud and low ball.
Lets put it this way, everyone knew he had "problems" but he was so good that people were still willing to back him in a tourn while playing the best players in the world!! That's how good he was.
He would have had a blast if he made it to the poker boom with all that soft money coming into the games.
And online, lolol. . . those kids analyzing people's games using software and looking for opponent ranges and combinations, blockers. . Stu was doing that stuff back in the 1960s-early 70s. That's how he was able to have a clue what his opponents were holding while beating the best gin rummy players in the world.
Guy was getting black listed from all the Vegas casinos blackjack tables for being able to count the cards as well.
He did the same for poker hands. That's why he would have been one of the few old time poker players that would have been dominating the scene during the poker boom.
Guy would surpassed everyone by light years in poker if he had lived. Not miles, light years.
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worsdep
Enthusiast
Silver Level
There's a book about stu ungar called 'the man behind the shades' and I highly recommend it.
One of the stories that sticks in my memory is how he was bankrolled by the mafia to play the best gin rummy player at the time. Stu ungar wiped the floor with him and I'm pretty sure the guy disappeared from the scene altogether he was that humiliated. I also believe he was only 15-17 years old at this point.
Another one was how his largest ever single win came from betting on horses.
It's been a while since I've read this book so maybe a little fuzzy on the details.
One of the stories that sticks in my memory is how he was bankrolled by the mafia to play the best gin rummy player at the time. Stu ungar wiped the floor with him and I'm pretty sure the guy disappeared from the scene altogether he was that humiliated. I also believe he was only 15-17 years old at this point.
Another one was how his largest ever single win came from betting on horses.
It's been a while since I've read this book so maybe a little fuzzy on the details.
G0930
Captain Fathermucker, Satty Aficionado
Loyaler
Stu Ungar.... did they just defrost you?
You can't compare Tournament winnings from the 70s/80s to them today.Poker is way more accepted in society than ever before, the WSOP has thousands of entries every year.
in the 80s not even 100!!!! people joined the fun. way easier to win that way...
G0930
Captain Fathermucker, Satty Aficionado
Loyaler
best of his time * fixed that for you