One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey 'The Kid' Ungar, the World's Greatest Poker Player

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Outdoors

The biography of Stu Ungar (1953–1998), the New York card prodigy who won the World Series of Poker Main Event three times and is often called the greatest gin rummy player ever. Nolan Dalla and Peter Alson, drawing on interviews Ungar gave before his death, trace his rise from the Lower East Side to Las Vegas fame and his collapse into drug addiction and debt.

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