Download One of a Kind: The Story of Stuey 'The Kid' Ungar, the World's Greatest Poker Player AudioBook Free
He was the Jim Morrison of the casino, a legend before he was of legal era. Stuey Ungar, the son of a Jewish bookie on Manhattan's Lower East Part, slipped out of senior high school to become an underground card-table sensation, eventually taking out every top gin-rummy player on the East Seacoast. Bankrolled by the Genovese crime family, Stuey would soon travel around the united states in search of new competitors and opportunities -- including poker. He would go on to win the earth Series of Poker a record three times. And his luck started to run out.
One of a Kind is the startling story of a guy who received at his game and lost control of his life. Whether tossing away his earnings at the racetrack or on a single roll of the dice, Stuey was notorious for wagering every single money in his pocket. Though he had won an estimated $30 million in his life time, Stuey got no bank-account, not a home address. He was found lifeless in a Vegas motel -- with $800 in cash on his person, really the only money he had still left -- at age forty-five.
An romantic, authorized biography -- Nolan Dalla was commissioned by Stuey in 1998 to pen his tale, resulting in thousands of hours of taped interviews and discussions -- One of a Kind illuminates the dark genius of 1 of poker's most remarkable figures.
