Player Profile

Stu Ungar
Hall of Famer
Stu Ungar
The Kid
WSOP Bracelets5
Career WSOP Winnings$2,081,478
BornSep 08 1953
BirthplaceManhattan, New York, USA
Resides
Poker Hall of Fame Inductee 2001
Born and raised in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Stu Ungar would be exposed to gambling early in life as his father ran a social club that doubled as a gambling establishment.

A young prodigy rumored to have a genius IQ and photographic memory, Ungar made a name for himself in underground gin rummy games around New York before he was even old enough to vote.

Excelling at gin to the point where he had dried up all competition, Ungar transitioned to poker and entered his first Texas Hold’em tournament by playing the 1980 WSOP Main Event.

Despite having never played Hold’em, Ungar quickly picked it up as the tournament progressed, with Doyle Brunson famously commenting how it was the first time he saw a player improve so quickly throughout a tournament.

Defeating Brunson heads-up in the 1980 WSOP Main Event and going back-to-back winning the event again the very next year, Ungar became one of only four players to pull off the feat, and forever cemented himself as one of the best to ever pick up a deck of cards.

Winning five WSOP bracelets throughout his career, Ungar’s most famous victory came in the 1997 WSOP Main Event, when he won his third Main Event title to complete his comeback to poker.

In 1998, Ungar would tragically pass away following years of his battle with addiction. Although gone far too soon, Ungar’s achievements on the felt built a lasting legacy, with many considering him to be the greatest poker player of all time.
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Stu Ungar
  • WSOP Bracelet(2024)5
Title
5# 100
Bracelets
5# 17
Rings
0# -
Final Tables
12# 658
Cashes
16# 9,004
Total Earnings
$2,081,478# 303
Series / EventsDatePlaceEarningsResults
WSOP
1997 28th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

May 10 19971 of 312$1,000,000Results
WSOP
1991 22nd Annual World Series of Poker

Event #16: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

May 11 199113 of 208$5,200Results
WSOP
1991 22nd Annual World Series of Poker

Event #7: $2,500 Limit Seven Card Stud

May 02 19919 of 133$4,988Results
WSOP
1990 21st Annual World Series of Poker

Event #15: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

May 14 19909 of 194$25,050Results
WSOP
1990 21st Annual World Series of Poker

Event #13: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

May 12 199015 of 260$6,500Results
WSOP
1987 18th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #7: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

May 07 198722 of 342$1,500Results
WSOP
1986 17th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #11: $5,000 No-Limit A-5 Draw w/ Joker (Rebuy)

May 20 19867 of 32$11,800Results
WSOP
1986 17th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #10: $5,000 Limit Seven Card Stud

May 19 19868 of 40$6,000Results
WSOP
1986 17th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #6: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

May 15 198610 of 320$3,000Results
WSOP
1983 14th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #13: $5,000 Limit Seven Card Stud

May 15 19831 of 44$110,000Results