Stu Ungar was absolutely unbeatable at gin. After a few years, no one would even enter gin tournaments if he was in them. And he was probably the best tournament poker player to ever live. He won the WSOP 3 times. Brunson did it too, but the field was smaller when he won it. Ungar was also constantly broke because he wasted his bankroll on drugs and steaming, and he died young. Would have won a few more WSOPs if he had lived. Complete waste of talent.


There are lots of poker players who don't have half the talent that Ungar had who have made a good living from the game. Because they have discipline.