Stu Ungar: Professional Poker Player

Mentioning
Stu Ungar's name, when conversing about the greatest
Professional Poker Players, is inevitable, because Stu Ungar is a
three-time World Champion and has five WSOP bracelets
to boot. He has also won 10 major championship events,
of No-Limit Hold'em, where the buy-ins were in excess
of $5,000. Following his lead are T.J. Cloutier and
Johnny Chan.
Amarillo Slim's Super
Bowl of Poker was, for years, the second largest Poker
tournament in the world. During those years, Professional
Poker players attended Slim’s Super Bowl of Poker.
The buy-in to the main event, No-Limit Hold'em championship,
was a hefty $10,000 and Stu Ungar was the only man to win
titles in both the Super Bowl of Poker and the WSOP.
Not just once, but THREE times, each.
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