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The basic basis for why Mr. Ungar switched from gin to poker was that he was a bit too skilled at it. So skilled in fact, that no player possibly could stand up to him. Even the commonly called professionals who were meant to be the most favorable at gin were demolished when they competed with Stu. One such gin rummy professionals was Harry Stein, nicknamed, "Yonkie". Harry Stein was handed such a debilitating beating at the hands of mr. ungar that he evidently stopped playing it professionally and never showed up at a gin tournament.

Certainly, with a image like that it wasn’t very long before gamblers became weary of playing against Stu Ungar. He couldn’t find any matches and in his boredom he began doing something no one had done before. Stu issued starting handicaps to likely opponents in the wish that they may compete opposed to him if they thought they had an edge. He at will started from a disadvantageous arrangement and one tale has it that stu even competed against a constant cheater. Amid the match, he received advice that the absconder was at it once again but Stu Ungar assured that he was aware of the fraudulent activity and he would still acquire a win, which of course, he did.

The same trend followed Stu Ungar to Las Vegas. He won so much that the poker rooms began requesting that he not to play on their rooms anymore. The reason was that other poker room clientele would not sit at the poker table if Stu was seated.

Stu Ungar is recollected more for his achievements in texas holdem poker but he himself always said that he was considerably more accomplished at gin rummy.

He beat Doyle Brunson in the WSOP in 1980 to become the youngest world camp. Due to his features that made him seem far younger than he really was, he got the nickname, "The Kid".