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1970, 1971 AND 1974 WSOP WINNER JOHNNY MOSS
1972 WSOP WINNER AMARILLO SLIM PRESTON
1973 WSOP WINNER PUGGY PEARSON
1975 WSOP WINNER SAILOR ROBERTS
1976 AND 1977 WSOP WINNER DOYLE BRUNSON
1978 WSOP WINNER BOBBY BALDWIN
1979 WSOP WINNER HAL FOWLER
1980, 1981 AND 1997 WSOP WINNER STU UNGAR
1982 WSOP WINNER JACK STRAUS
1983 WSOP WINNER TOM MCEVOY
1984 WSOP WINNER JACK KELLER
1985 WSOP WINNER BILL SMITH
1986 WSOP WINNER BERRY JOHNSTON
1987 AND 1988 WSOP WINNER JOHNNY CHAN
1989 WSOP WINNER PHIL HELLMUTH
1990 WSOP WINNER MANSOUR MATLOUBI
1991 WSOP WINNER BRAD DAUGHERTY
1972 WSOP WINNER AMARILLO SLIM PRESTON
1973 WSOP WINNER PUGGY PEARSON
1975 WSOP WINNER SAILOR ROBERTS
1976 AND 1977 WSOP WINNER DOYLE BRUNSON
1978 WSOP WINNER BOBBY BALDWIN
1979 WSOP WINNER HAL FOWLER
1980, 1981 AND 1997 WSOP WINNER STU UNGAR
1982 WSOP WINNER JACK STRAUS
1983 WSOP WINNER TOM MCEVOY
1984 WSOP WINNER JACK KELLER
1985 WSOP WINNER BILL SMITH
1986 WSOP WINNER BERRY JOHNSTON
1987 AND 1988 WSOP WINNER JOHNNY CHAN
1989 WSOP WINNER PHIL HELLMUTH
1990 WSOP WINNER MANSOUR MATLOUBI
1991 WSOP WINNER BRAD DAUGHERTY
1992 WSOP WINNER HAMID DASTMALCHI
1993 WSOP WINNER JIM BECHTEL
1994 WSOP WINNER RUSS HAMILTON
1995 WSOP WINNER DAN HARRINGTON
1996 WSOP WINNER HUCK SEED
1998 WSOP WINNER SCOTTY NGUYEN
1999 WSOP WINNER J "NOEL" FURLONG
2000 WSOP WINNER CHRIS FERGUSON
2001 WSOP WINNER CARLOS MORTENSEN
2002 WSOP WINNER ROBERT VARKONYI
2003 WSOP WINNER CHRIS MONEYMAKER
2004 WSOP WINNER GREG RAYMER
2005 WSOP WINNER JOSEPH HACHEM
2006 WSOP WINNER JAMIE GOLD
2007 WSOP WINNER JERRY YANG
1993 WSOP WINNER JIM BECHTEL
1994 WSOP WINNER RUSS HAMILTON
1995 WSOP WINNER DAN HARRINGTON
1996 WSOP WINNER HUCK SEED
1998 WSOP WINNER SCOTTY NGUYEN
1999 WSOP WINNER J "NOEL" FURLONG
2000 WSOP WINNER CHRIS FERGUSON
2001 WSOP WINNER CARLOS MORTENSEN
2002 WSOP WINNER ROBERT VARKONYI
2003 WSOP WINNER CHRIS MONEYMAKER
2004 WSOP WINNER GREG RAYMER
2005 WSOP WINNER JOSEPH HACHEM
2006 WSOP WINNER JAMIE GOLD
2007 WSOP WINNER JERRY YANG
1980, 1981 AND 1997 WSOP WINNER STUART ERROL UNGAR
At the bottom of this page you will find a short bio of 1980, 1981 and 1997 WSOP winner Stu Ungar. Check out the Movie based on the trajic life of Stu Ungar. Click on any one of the WSOP winners below to read their bio!
At the bottom of this page you will find a short bio of 1980, 1981 and 1997 WSOP winner Stu Ungar. Check out the Movie based on the trajic life of Stu Ungar. Click on any one of the WSOP winners below to read their bio!
1980 1981 AND 1997 WSOP WINNER STU (STEW) UNGAR
Stuart Errol "The Kid" Ungar (September 8, 1953 - November 22, 1998 was a professional poker and gin rummy player, considered to be among the best in history at both games.
Stu Ungar was born to Jewish parents and raised on Manhattan's Lower East Side. His father, Isadore ("Ido") Ungar, was a bookie, exposing Stu to gambling at a young age. Despite Ido's attempts to keep his son from gambling, Stu began playing tournament gin and quickly made a name for himself.
In 1968, Ido died of a heart attack in his mistress' arms. Following his father's death, with his mother being virtually incapacitated by an illness as well, Ungar was befriended by Genovese family soldier Victor Romano. Romano, whose memory was so sharp he could recite the spelling and definition of any word in the dictionary, shared the same penchant and interest for calculating odds while gambling that Ungar did and the two became so close that Romano acted in a father figure role to him.
Ungar was infamous for routinely criticizing aloud the play of opponents he felt were beneath him. However, his relationship with Romano combined with his ability to make money for the Genovese family from gin and poker games gave Ungar protection from various gamblers who did not take his crass attitude and assassin-like playing style kindly. One man reportedly tried to hit him in the head with a chair in a mafia-run bar after Ungar defeated him. The man was found a few days later, shot to death.
Seven months after the 1998 WSOP, Ungar was found dead in his room at the Oasis Motel in Las Vegas with $800 on him. The $800 was the remnants of a $25,000 loan he got from Baxter just a week earlier to put him back in action at the poker tables. An autopsy showed traces of drugs in his system, but not enough to have directly caused his death. The medical examiner concluded that he had died of a heart condition brought on by his years of drug abuse.
Despite winning millions during his poker career, Ungar died with no assets to his name. A collection was taken up by friend and fellow poker player Bob Stupak at his funeral to pay for it.
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Stuart Errol "The Kid" Ungar (September 8, 1953 - November 22, 1998 was a professional poker and gin rummy player, considered to be among the best in history at both games.
Stu Ungar was born to Jewish parents and raised on Manhattan's Lower East Side. His father, Isadore ("Ido") Ungar, was a bookie, exposing Stu to gambling at a young age. Despite Ido's attempts to keep his son from gambling, Stu began playing tournament gin and quickly made a name for himself.
In 1968, Ido died of a heart attack in his mistress' arms. Following his father's death, with his mother being virtually incapacitated by an illness as well, Ungar was befriended by Genovese family soldier Victor Romano. Romano, whose memory was so sharp he could recite the spelling and definition of any word in the dictionary, shared the same penchant and interest for calculating odds while gambling that Ungar did and the two became so close that Romano acted in a father figure role to him.
Ungar was infamous for routinely criticizing aloud the play of opponents he felt were beneath him. However, his relationship with Romano combined with his ability to make money for the Genovese family from gin and poker games gave Ungar protection from various gamblers who did not take his crass attitude and assassin-like playing style kindly. One man reportedly tried to hit him in the head with a chair in a mafia-run bar after Ungar defeated him. The man was found a few days later, shot to death.
Seven months after the 1998 WSOP, Ungar was found dead in his room at the Oasis Motel in Las Vegas with $800 on him. The $800 was the remnants of a $25,000 loan he got from Baxter just a week earlier to put him back in action at the poker tables. An autopsy showed traces of drugs in his system, but not enough to have directly caused his death. The medical examiner concluded that he had died of a heart condition brought on by his years of drug abuse.
Despite winning millions during his poker career, Ungar died with no assets to his name. A collection was taken up by friend and fellow poker player Bob Stupak at his funeral to pay for it.
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