This is a book that I've been wanting to read for a while but forgot all about it until I saw it on Thriftbooks.com recently and bought it. I knew a little about Stu Ungar and his story but his story is fascinating. I love poker, especially Texas Holdem, but even someone who isn't a fan of poker can still appreciate this story. ( )

This is a book that I've been wanting to read for a while but forgot all about it until I saw it on Thriftbooks.com recently and bought it. I knew a little about Stu Ungar and his story but his story is fascinating. I love poker, especially Texas Holdem, but even someone who isn't a fan of poker can still appreciate this story. ( )

This is a book that I've been wanting to read for a while but forgot all about it until I saw it on Thriftbooks.com recently and bought it. I knew a little about Stu Ungar and his story but his story is fascinating. I love poker, especially Texas Holdem, but even someone who isn't a fan of poker can still appreciate this story. ( )

The authors tell a great story about Stuey. They give the good and the bad and they expose all his flaws for what they were. A great read. ( )

This is an interesting, fast-moving read about one of pokers greatest players, and how he won and lost millions. It seems his skill at cards (gin even more so than poker) was second to none when he was on top of his game, but then his compulsive sports gambling would instantly lose him all the money he won at cards. Later he becomes addicted to cocaine and crack too and rapidly loses any money he has that way too. So it's ultimately a bit depressing as he wastes his talent and dies young, but a fascinating insight into the poker world back in the late 70s/early 80s - before the rise of internet poker etc. ( )