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The main reason why Stu switched from gin rummy to poker was that Stu was a tiny bit too good at it. So good in fact, that no player was able equal him. Even the so-called champions who were meant to be the greatest at gin rummy were demolished when they played against Stu Ungar. One of these gin player was Harry Stein, called, "Yonkie". Mr. Stein was handed such a belittling beating at the hands of mr. ungar that he allegedly stopped playing it professionally and never resurfaced at a gin tournament.
Certainly, with a distinction like that it wasn’t long before gamblers became afraid of betting against Stu Ungar. He could not find any games and in his desperation he began doing something no one had performed prior. Stu presented beginning handicaps to potential competitors in the high hopes that they may play against him if they believed they held an advantage. He deliberately played from a bad position and one account has it that he even competed against a regular cheater. Mid match, he received warnings that the absconder was at it once more but mr. ungar assured that he knew of the fraudulent activity and he would still win, which of course, he did.
The same trend followed Stu Ungar to Las Vegas. He won so frequently that the casinos began asking him not to compete on their casinos anymore. The reason for it was that other poker room clients would not be seated at the poker table if he were seated.
Stu Ungar is recalled better for his accomplishments in hold’em poker but he himself always insisted that he was far better at gin rummy.
He defeated Doyle Brunson in the World Series of Poker in Nineteen Eighty to become the youngest world champion. Due to his features that made him seem far younger than he was, he got the nickname, "The Kid".
