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11-28-2007, 05:45 PM
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Re: If Ungar were still alive, how would he be doing?
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
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11-28-2007, 06:41 PM
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Re: If Ungar were still alive, how would he be doing?
no way heŽd be a "legend" if he hadnŽt died before poker really took off. i guess heŽd be a matusow/hellmuth style joke well known for being a good tournament player/huge side game fish with very bad behaviour on (berating fish/dealers, getting on monkey tilt easily) and suicide style bad habits off the table (drugs, sportsbooks etc) nowadays.
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11-28-2007, 08:51 PM
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Re: If Ungar were still alive, how would he be doing?
Ungar was like god , both power and death
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11-29-2007, 01:40 PM
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Re: If Ungar were still alive, how would he be doing?
Bet seriously,
I do think that Stuey was such a terrific player not due to his reading skills, but also due to his agressiveness and total disregard for money. This combined attitude was far less common back then. Today he would have found his match in both characteristics in many many poker players, thus annuling some of his bigger advantages. I'm sure that he would have adapted, but I find it hard to believe that he could stay as dominant.
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11-27-2007, 03:02 PM
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Re: If Ungar were still alive, how would he be doing?
BIG assumption to make, that he'd kick the drugs. One could argue that a lot of his poker success was due to the same go for broke, all-out mentality that caused his death. But assuming he quit the drugs, I still think he'd be enjoying quite a bit of success at poker --- his innate feel for the game, combined with his amazing intuition and recollection would still make him a top pro. But I still say he'd win at poker and then blow it on sports betting or the ponies.
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#8
11-27-2007, 03:03 PM
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Re: If Ungar were still alive, how would he be doing?
Easily one of the best tourney players ever. It's sad how it all ended, but if he wasn't such a degen and could kick the drugs he could have been the best. 5 WSOP bracelets before his death, Phil would have been chasing him these days.
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#9
11-27-2007, 05:05 PM
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Re: If Ungar were still alive, how would he be doing?
from what i've read
Stu Unger's style of play was similar to that of Layne Flack; also, according to one contemporary i heard in a radio interview (sorry, can't recall the name) Unger's style was effective in tournies and short handed, but in a full ring cash game he was not good. i doubt if all his innate genius could overcome the volume of computer analysis now available--he would probably have had to adapt his play
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