Stu is considered by many to the greatest No Limit Hold em Poker player ever.

The three time World Poker Champion was born in New York in 1953 and started playing poker prior to becomming a teenager.

The young gambler began playing gin and at the age of ten had won his initial gin rummy tournament, while on vacation with his parents. By the time he turned fourteen the small poker maestro had become a professional and stopped going to school.

In 1954 Stu entered the record books by succeeding $10,000 in a gin rummy tournament without losing a single hand, a record which still remains in New York these days.

The quick speaking superstar has been compared, in poker terms, to sporting greats such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Stu had a genuine ability for betting poker but despite his successes in Hold em poker, he favored wagering gin.

Stu once said that there may some day be a far better NL Hold em player than him except he could not see how anyone could ever be a better gin gambler.

In ‘80 Stu was put on the world map as one of the finest Holdem Poker players in the entire world when he was crowned World Poker Champ for the first time. Amazingly it was the first time he had played in the tournament.

The right after year he put aside any thoughts that it had been luck, by effectively defending his crown. And in 1997 Stu set the record by winning his 3rd World poker championship.

Except this poker legend also struggled with drug abuse and a year following succeeding his third title Stu died in his hotel room. According to medical professionals, he had passed away from a heart attack which was brought on by his lifestyle.

Stu had started with practically nothing except his ability and natural talent for the casino game which made this poker good a millionaire numerous times over.