In a recent Ask Me Anything, Stefanie Ungar-Campbell answered questions about her father, Stu Ungar.
In the summer heat on Fremont Street outside Binion's Horseshoe, Stu Ungar reached the final table of the 1997 WSOP Main Event and went on to capture a $1 million first-place prize - his third WSOP Main Event title that time (he initially won in 1980 and 1981).
As he was being interviewed with [...] Read more » Daughter of Stu Ungar Answers Questions about the Late Poker Legend
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Stu Ungar is one of the great poker players. He was lucky to learn because of entourage in which he walked and cause is father's place. His story was good and bad. It scared people and casinos but it's not nice to be banned just because you're too smart.
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What a player, his stories move, how a great icon poker player could end that way, well, despite everything he could say that the only one that could win in his life was drugs, no one else could beat him, that implies that he was a beast of poker, nobody equaled him, I think he was beyond the other mortals, we will always remember the world of poker as an example, I speak of winning.
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Romania
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many poker players avoided teaching their children poker. Others realized that money can be made easily from this game and and now in this industry are a few children of professionals. I read once about WPT Fathers and Sons. I think it is possible with fathers and daughters or Stu Ungar's daughter could start a career, but that's not important. A success in this industry for Stefanie Ungar-Campbel can make to become a legend in such a top, but for that he needs to play. Everything is possible.
