Why'd they write a book about Stu Ungar?

[The B]

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the guy was a loser in all faucets of life.

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you forget he was the greatest Gin Rummy player of all time and not too bad in NL hold em tourneys

[Dynasty]

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Tell me how many live tournament players today can call down an all-in bluff with ten-high.

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Barry Greenstein has an interesting response on his website about comments like this.

There are stories about great calls Stuey made, but I haven’t heard any about great laydowns..

[JCCARL]

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his wife didn't give a [censored] about him. she was a money hungry hoe who came back when in need of the green... money that is. she acted nice in the book just to cash in on the books profits.

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aren't they all seeking pay dirt?

[vendbien]

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the guy was a loser in all faucets of life.

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Word on the street is this is correct, he had a few too many leaks..

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Is first guys 'faucets' instead of 'facets' and your 'too many leaks' comment all part of a lounge act you guys are rehearsing for the world renown El Cortez in beautiful downtown Las Vegas, crack-house adjacent for our convenience?

[vendbien]

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You obviously missed the moral of the book which in a nutshell is "man's inhumanity to man". One may look deeper and make the supposition that Unger was just a pawn used by the ogliarchs to further the symbolic deconstrution of capitalism throughout western Europe.

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Wow, you beat me by like two seconds... so sick

[vendbien]

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the book really gives a bad reputation for the whole game of poker also.

also, his wife didn't give a [censored] about him. she was a money hungry hoe who came back when in need of the green... money that is. she acted nice in the book just to cash in on the books profits.

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So's ur mama

[NotFadeAway]

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here's why they wrote the book. HE WAS BROKE AGAIN IN 98 WHEN THEY WERE WRITING IT AND NEEDED MONEY!!!

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Why start a thread? You answered the question yourself.

[1gigRAM]

Would you find a book about Vinny Vinh's chair more to your liking?

There are many people that enjoy reading biography books on poker players. It reminds us of the good, the bad and the ugly side of poker.

[corpseartist]

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You are a moron. The guy is the best tournament poker player of all time. So what if he was a junkie? Kurt Cobaine died because he was a junkie, that doesn't make him a loser. They couldn't control their demons, but you are a moron. Go die in a grease fire.

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I think if you're a junkie you are also a huge loser.

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QFT

[duffy99]

Here's one of stu's last interviews before he died , check out how drugged out he was .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPBDPYjqEk