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One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey 'The Kid' Ungar, the World's Greatest Poker Player
One of a Kind The Rise and Fall of Stuey 'The Kid' Ungar the World's Greatest Poker Player
Author: Nolan Dalla, Peter Alson
ISBN-13: 9780743476584
ISBN-10: 0743476581
Publication Date: 6/28/2005
Pages: 336
Rating:
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Publisher: Atria
Book Type: Hardcover
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Stu Ungar was the world's greatest gin rummy and poker player, but a deeply flawed person. He was so good at gin rummy, that no one would play him, so he turned to poker. Although he made millions of dollars at both games, he died penniless and alone, before he was 50, in a cheap hotel room in Las Vegas.
Nolan Dalla is the world's greatest poker writer, who became quite close to Ungar in the last year of his life.
Dalla pulls no punches; this is an excellent adventure of the roller coaster that was Ungar's life.