One of a Kind
The Story of Stuey The Kid Ungar, the Worlds Greatest Poker Player

A story of bright genius and a darkness stemming from unexamined childhood trauma. On the one hand it’s a great example of how kids can benefit from being part of the real world from a young age instead of being locked up in the grinder of mandatory formal education. Stu’s career and skill with numb......more

The basics of Stu Ungar's life are fairly well known: his upbringing in New York, proficiency at gin rummy, transition to poker, drug addiction, 1997 comeback and 1998 ignominious death. This book does a fantastic job of filling in the details of Stu's truly unparalleled life. I appreciated that the......more

An interesting story of a talented man. I loved the history because it was so different about whatever I read or lived or heard before. Born to bookmaker father, Stuey Ungar developed from an early age a talent for numbers. And he put his talent to work in casinos and game rooms. He became by the ag......more

The Stu Ungar story is amazing. He was definitely a phenomenal genius, who reminds me so much of that other New York city brash and eccentric genius, Bobby Fischer. The prose was solid and uninspired for the most part, but the content (Ungar's life) is drama par excellence. In the words of chess mast......more

Pretty rivetting story of one of the best players of all time! Sadly was completed addicted to drugs and sports betting and lost it all despite making $30m+ at poker. Enjoyable light read!......more