The primary reason why Mr. Ungar changed from gin rummy to poker was that he was a bit too skilled at it. So good in fact, that no one possibly could equal him. Even the so-called professionals who were meant to be the most favorable at gin were demolished when they faced Stu. One of these gin rummy masters was Harry Stein, nicknamed, "Yonkie". Harry Stein suffered such a crushing defeat at the hands of stu that he evidently quit playing it as a pro and never showed up at a gin tournament.
Of course, with a honor like that it wasn’t very long before players became afraid of playing against Stu Ungar. He could not find any games and in his desperation he started doing something no one had performed before. He provided starting handicaps to likely adversaries with the wish that they might just compete opposed to him if they believed they had an edge. He at will started from a negative arrangement and one account has it that stu even competed with a consistent cheater. Mid game, he get advice that the bad egg was at it again but stu guaranteed that he was aware of the chicanery and he would still win, which of course, he did.
The same trend followed Stu Ungar to vegas. He won so much that the casinos began asking him not to gamble in their casinos anymore. The reason was that other casino clients would not be seated at the table if Stu was seated.
Stu Ungar is recalled better for his accomplishments in holdem poker but he himself always said that he was much more accomplished at gin rummy.
He defeated Doyle Brunson in the World Series of Poker in 1980 and became the youngest world camp. Because of his features that made him seem far younger than he actually was, he was nicknamed, "The Kid".
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