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The primary reason why Mr. Ungar changed from gin to poker was that he was a little too skilled at it. So good was he, that no player possibly could equal him. Even the apparently experts who were meant to be the best at gin were beat when they competed against Stu. One such gin rummy masters was Harry Stein, nicknamed, "Yonkie". Mr. Stein was handed such a humiliating defeat at the hands of mr. ungar that he evidently quit competing in it professionally and never showed up at a gin tournament.

Of course, with a notoriety like that it wasn't too long before people became weary of competing against Stu Ungar. He could find no games and in his agony he began doing something no one had attempted prior. Stu issued beginning handicaps to likely competitors with the high hopes that they might play against him if they thought they had an advantage. He deliberately played from a bad position and one account has it that he even played against a regular absconder. Amid the match, he received a few words of wisdom that the bad egg was at it yet again but mr. ungar assured that he knew of the chicanery and he would still actually win, which he did, of course.

The same trend followed Stu Ungar to sin city. He won so much that the poker rooms began requesting that he not to bet on their casinos anymore. The basis for it was that other casino visitors refused to be seated at the table if he were seated.

Stu Ungar is remembered more for his accomplishments in texas holdem poker but he always said that he was much more accomplished at gin rummy.

He beat Doyle Brunson in the WSOP in Nineteen Eighty to become the youngest world champion. Because of his looks that made him appear far younger than he really was, he got the nickname, "The Kid".