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The basic basis for why Stu switched from gin rummy to poker was that he was a tiny bit too skilled at it. So skilled in fact, that no one could stand up to him. Even the commonly called experts who were meant to be the most favorable at gin rummy were devoured when they played with Stu Ungar. One of these gin rummy masters was Harry Stein, nicknamed, "Yonkie". Harry Stein suffered such a belittling blow at the hands of Stu Ungar that he evidently quit participating in it professionally and never resurfaced at a gin rummy tournament.

Of course, with a reputation like that it wasn’t long before everyone became weary of playing against mr. ungar. He could not find any matches and in his desperation he started doing something no one had performed before. Stu issued starting handicaps to likely opposing players with the hope that they might just compete opposed to him if they thought they had an edge. He at will began from a bad arrangement and one tale has it that he even played with a regular absconder. Amid the contest, he received warnings that the bad egg was at it once again but mr. ungar stated that he deduced of the cheating and he would still actually win, which he did, of course.

The same trend followed Stu Ungar into Las Vegas. He won so often that the poker rooms started asking him not to compete in their respective premises anymore. The reason was that other poker room clients would not sit at the poker table if he were playing.

Stu Ungar is recollected more for his accomplishments in holdem poker but he always maintained that he was much more skilled at gin rummy.

He beat Doyle Brunson in the World Series of Poker in 1980 and became the youngest world champion. Due to his features that made him appear far younger than he was, he was nicknamed, "The Kid".