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@Psidawg

10 ай бұрын

usux

@burtonfisher6244

10 ай бұрын

I was a dealer there... I can vouch for this story as happening the way it did in this story. Stuey would often call players cards. Most times by suit... How can there be any doubt of stueys' dominace?

The myth that Unger wasn't at the final table in 1990 is an urban legend. I was at Binion's that day in 1990, when Matloubi won the title, and remember Stu Unger busting out and leaving the table by finishing ninth. He won $25,000. He may have arrived late,. I don't remember. But he did bust out as the result of play.. ​ I specifically recall him leaving the final table in ninth place. He was there, though he may have arrived late. He wasn't blinded out. I was also at Binions in 1997 when Unger won the championship for the third time.

@EllieBanks333

10 ай бұрын

It was day 3 he was found unconscious. He did return for the final table because he had so many chips that even getting blinded off while in the hospital he still made it to the final table. So the story of being found unconscious & getting blinded off is actually true, but was just prior to the final table. Who knows what could have happened if he had played as massive chip leader instead of spending the day in hospital.

@EllieBanks333

10 ай бұрын

@@johnsmith1487 I agree. His trip to the hospital was just prior to the final table. He made the final table because he had so many chips that even getting blinded off while in hospital he still got into the final 9.

@EllieBanks333

10 ай бұрын

@@johnsmith1487 I hope my second explanation is understandable? I assume English is your native language?

@burtonfisher6244

10 ай бұрын

Dealt this tourny. I have a few stories of stuey myself... Lol. This story with matloubi is very true. Often stu would call out the exact cards of a player. He did this one time while i was in the playing against david baldwin. The former boss of the mirage

@brucesmith9092

10 ай бұрын

@@burtonfisher6244 I would absolutely *LOVE* to hear some of your stories about Stu!! When he called out the "exact" cards, did he ever also call out the specific suits? Thanks in advance if you can find the time to tell your stories.

I remember watching ESPN when they showed Ungar's last World Series. It was like watching paint dry without the hole card cameras.

@baxill23

2 ай бұрын

The decision to show thhole cards when broadcasting was a game changer for the game in many ways. e

Stu's understanding of Holdem was about 25 years ahead of its time.

@magicllama9614

10 ай бұрын

And it wasn't even his BEST game.... that's crazy

@Whatzzzz999

5 ай бұрын

Yep! - and check out his record at gin rummy. Unbelievable, was he telepathic??

@SBoyd49097

5 ай бұрын

…so was his understanding of marked cards. Roflmao you think he’s gonna put all that money in on a strong hope that his ten high was good?

@fracritel

4 ай бұрын

@@SBoyd49097 call BS. It was an idiot Savant that could read people better than most. Plus he had an unbelievable mind for numbers and cards and things like that.

@realplonk

2 ай бұрын

@@SBoyd49097 dumb post

He was a great poker player but it is in Gin Rummy that he was the greatest of all time.

@realplonk

2 ай бұрын

the greatest gin player of all time, he was unbeatable

"I've seen Stuey make a lot of great calls, I haven't seen him make many great laydowns."

@melstone8590

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for telling the whole story. Still a great player.

@melstone8590

10 ай бұрын

Probably the most 'ahead of his time' play was his understanding of the value of winning pots before the flop.

@melstone8590

10 ай бұрын

He's saying stuey erred on the side of hero calling, not hero folding

@mikemattis1204

10 ай бұрын

He actually made a lot of great lay downs also

Honey! He called me with 10 high 😂

Ungar challenged Matloubi to a series of 50K matches, not just one. The story of the hand is correct though.

I’ve met Stuey several times. He was in seat two in a stud game. I was sweating my friend Petite Joe in seat 7. Heads up to the river. Words were said back and forth. Now stuey often had a strong arm beside him. At this time his strong arm was sweating him. Stuey yelled something. Joe said. What are you going to do to me Stuey? Send your hit man over here and try and get your $ back? Stuey picked up his losing hand and whipped them across the table at joe calling him a fat $uck. We laughed it off as stuey left the table. I’d run into Stu playing Chinese poker in New York after that against Steve Z and Harry. I was surprised to have him say hello to me knowing my name. At that time 500$ a point Chinese poker was as big as it got. Next encounter was I am thinking it was the mirage as that’s where the games were. I was sitting with Petite Joe at an empty table. Stu came up with a face as White as a ghost asking if joe would give him cash for two one thousand dollar chips from the pit. I said. Geez Joe, he must owe the pit money and can’t cash em but he looks horrible. Within a day or two. The bad news. Only a few giants from years back. Chip, Doyle, stuey. There was more of course but I was friends with chip and Doyle. Next gen was Huck Seed and the Dane Gus. Years fly by but what stories I’ve seen. All stranger than life.

@chrishamilton1678

10 ай бұрын

I bet u have a million crazy stories...thanks for sharing! 🤯🤯🤯🤯

@ande9568

7 ай бұрын

People like you should be interviewed and stories pieced together... a lot goes away when the greats but also the observers of the old days pass away :(

@ryanwilliams_1987

7 ай бұрын

You the dude that got breast implants?

@PrithviRamachandran-jf5ty

4 ай бұрын

You really should find a platform to share more of these stories! I’m sure there are many folks who would take great delight in them..

Stu played cards from a very very young age. His dad had a social club in Little Italy in NYC, and everyone wanted to play Stu. His game back then was gin rummy. After only a few plays, he would tell his opponent what he had in his hand. That was the start of his journey. RIP Stu...xoxo

@mattc3581

10 ай бұрын

I believe he admitted that someday someone might be better than him at poker, but claimed nobody would ever be better at gin.

@OP-oj9od

10 ай бұрын

Not saying Ungar wasn't great, he definitely was the greatest gin player to ever play the game, but to know the opponent's exact hand after a few plays is just not possible.

@mattc3581

10 ай бұрын

@@OP-oj9od True, you couldn't know exactly, but I guess he got a very good idea very quickly. And there were many rumours about how good he was or wasn't but fair to say I've never heard of another game or sport where someone was banned from playing the world championships for being too good.

@parkerbohnn

10 ай бұрын

@@mattc3581 Bill Kazmaier was banned from the World's Strongest Man competition for winning too many years in a row. 3 years in a row. and then they banned him for being too good or too strong.

I wish poker movies would put plays like this is in instead of having the hero make the "genius" play of "somehow" managing to get a guy with four of a kind to go all in so they can beat them with a royal flush.

@acivoj86

5 ай бұрын

This hand is used in Billions tv show.

@joeuser633

13 күн бұрын

The poker in Casino Royale with Daniel Craig was the worst example of that nonsense.

The irony is that Stu was better at gin than poker. Problem was that he was so good nobody would play him.

Billions paid tribute to this hand in season 2, with Taylor Mason holding the T9

I mean, I can see the logic in Ungar's call and clearly he red the situation perfectly, but man that takes the biggest pair of brass ones to hero call for that much with just 10 high.

There will be more to Ungars read than just that one hand

Anything Unger is killer content. Best book on earth!

@blake_lively_matters6553

Ай бұрын

Who the fuck is Unger?

@chrisyasus8912

Ай бұрын

@@blake_lively_matters6553 book called one in a million

Stu Ungar was an even better gin rummy player than he was a poker player. the reason he turned to poker was that no one would play him for money at gin rummy.

@danielwang7793

2 ай бұрын

The completely undisputed GOAT of gin.

Doug Polk would have talked for 65 min on this hand. Thank you for keeping it under 10 min

@RangeWilson

10 ай бұрын

That's because all three options are reasonable.

@H1ghL1ghT1

10 ай бұрын

You can go ether way with this hand... @@RangeWilson

Stu Ungar made calls like this all the time. This is just one of the occasions he happened to be right.

@patcom1013

12 күн бұрын

Stay away from gambling then, right?

@darrell3752

9 күн бұрын

He must have been right a few times ... 3 Main Event rings ... most impressive.

@Mitjitsu

9 күн бұрын

@@darrell3752 Smaller fields against weaker players.

Only a poker player knows that feeling of a massive upswing. That feeling in the air. You just feel that everything works out, your mind is set and balanced. Than you try higher stakes just to double up, the 2 outer hits the river and you spend the next 1,5 years stubbing cigarettes on your armpits.

They say there is a correct way to play each hand... Stu knew👍

The other hand that shocked the world was Chris Moneymaker's bluff, when he won the world championship on his first try.

@mpup54

5 ай бұрын

and Phil Hellmuths win ruined poker viewing forever because he just wont go away

@mikemattis1204

3 ай бұрын

Pretty much everyone loves watching Phil play. Surprised you don’t know that

@DexterHaven

3 ай бұрын

Who cares what others think? And how do you know he doesn't "know" that? You don't; you are jumping to conclusions like a fool. Speak for yourself, you tool. @@mikemattis1204

@travharrell1713

13 күн бұрын

@@mikemattis1204 no. Pretty much everyone loves watching whiney btch phil lose and blow up.

@awilliams5007

2 күн бұрын

@@mpup54 and you are.........? At least phils been somewhere to go away from.

Great job!

This is an interesting video. The only thing I didn't like was the fact that you showed a lot more of Michael Imperioli as Stu Ungar from the movie High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story than you showed the actual Stu Ungar.

@Paul-vf2wl

10 ай бұрын

Other than 1 espn telecast there is no footage of Ungar in existence

@jeffcarey4285

10 ай бұрын

​@Paul-vf2wl I've seen footage of him playing against perry green from the 80s. You might be right that there isn't much footage of him in general.

5:30 it wasn't so much that Ungar called, it was because he told Matloubi his hand AND called with 9/10 high Insane perception ?

@drewidlifestyle7883

8 күн бұрын

Ok, huge grain of salt here we know the hands. But call check check feels like waiting to hit the straight and only two hands do that then a shove looks like a scare off bet. I don’t know if I would make the call but it absolutely feels winnable given how it went down. Under probably would’ve folded to a bet on the turn

That pic of binkey boy, the poker brat was hilarious.

“Anybody know where I can score some blow?” -Stu Ungar

Arrrr 😂I know the windless sail feeling 😂and iv never played poker ♥️ in my life 😂

Amazing play here all in

If you want a good story, read the story about how Jack Binion banned him from his casino by figuring out which card out of 52 he took out.

@GutttSHOT

10 ай бұрын

Send the link please

They searched " frantically ".....? And found him in his hotel room....?!?! Wow ! It's just like Sherlock Holmes...

Stu Unger was one of the greatest.

Stuie was nothing short of a genius!! When it came to cards, u might as well call Stuie...Rainman!!!

@ericbucher8636

4 ай бұрын

But was he an excellent driver?

@JayAr709

3 ай бұрын

BAM. The future of rock & roll.

When the flop is bad its not hard to bluff a single player with an "all in" bet. Stu was probably waiting for that moment.

The Goat.

When Stu was sniffing the powder he was unstoppable, he’d go toe-to-toe with Dwan, Ivey and Negreanu in their primes, no joke. Once he got in rhythm and in the zone it was tough to outplay given Stu’s ability to get a read on his opponents.

@mpup54

5 ай бұрын

what does powder have to do with his playing ability?

0:58 bruh is that Christ Moltisanti from the sopranos family? 😂

@petec3185

3 ай бұрын

He played him in a movie

15" POKER HAAAAARRRRDDD

I didn't know Christopher was such a great player

Poker's greatest injustice is that Stu died so young and didnt get to be a part of the Poker Boom, and the modern WSOP, High Stakes Poker, Poker After Dark, all that good stuff, He deserved to be. Noone else truly won the main event 3 times, Moss was VOTED winner one of the 3 times, he didnt win 3 tournaments.

@mpup54

5 ай бұрын

poker fields were much smaller back then, Chan winning B2B and going for a third can never happen again.

Coulda Woulda Shoulda

I was waiting for Tony soprano......!

"The Gambler" is a song written by Don Schlitz but it could have been written by this player.

@dellsanders2426

3 ай бұрын

What's the name of this movie

I got this guys book

What is Christopher Moltisanti doing in this documentary?

@Aza23ba

3 ай бұрын

He played Stuey in a movie

Gone to soon, Stuey was a genius and his own worst enemy. 😢

@thomasgentry6201

9 ай бұрын

Yup A card playing alcoholic and old drug addict. Sports bet nut. Genious or just A Holic life, cards, drugs, alcohol fun till its not. RIP Stuey silly to call That all in still.

@slowery43

6 ай бұрын

thank you Cpt Obvious

This hand took place in 1990? If that was Stu against a gto player, we still be waiting on a river move by gto player till this day!

The same demons that killed him were also what made him an incredible player.

Great video.

@PokerBounty

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

O.K., Unger has a twin brother. Michael Imperioli (Christopher on the Sopranos) is absolutely his twin!

His big bluff against Ron Stanley was a big factor in his World Series win

Telling my kids that’s Michael imperioli

best call ever

I am speechless !.....NOT.

Overbet on such a dry board that favours your opponent somewhat - he probably has more 3s in his range - seems ridiculous. Guess it was a long time ago though!

You've got 4 5 or 5 6... I call!

There never was a "New Stu Ungar." Stu was sui generis. He just couldn't beat the devil.

Isn’t that Chris Moltisanti from The Sopranos?

God, these AI docs are too creepy to watch.

Why was Michael imperioli face in the beginning?

This hand was played so unbelievably bad...By both of them.

I wonder if he would have still made that call if he was the short stack. He could call and still be apive even if he was wrong. The other guy should have made his bet more valuey looking.

I make this kind of call all the time esp when it’s just a pot size bet

@jamesfoodie2738

4 ай бұрын

wih 10 high?

Gin Rummy should be named Unger Cards

Greatest hand,yeah right

It’s like the kick heard round the world when Ray Finkle of the Miami dolphins missed a sitter. Laces out!! Knobjockey

Gotta love the quick and cheap way the movie "One of A Kind" was made... they had to rush it out during the poker boom... They got 1 good actor to play Stuey and then a bunch of horrible actors and bad screenplay... Every Treetop Straus scene was laughable... and the actor they got to play Doyle was insanely laughable... A chubby, senseless looking farmer.

@JasonEmerson711

6 ай бұрын

I agree. A remake/new angle is needed, and wanted.

yeah great call, and he shows up with Ax because why not, and people would actually do that :D

$25,000 prize for ninth place in the WSOP main event? My, how things have changed 😂

Matloubi should have folded pre.

Nobody was playing GTO poker and balancing anything at that time.

nowdays people call ur all in with deuce high flush draw

If that happened today, he would be called a cheater.

What a bad call. T9o blocks bluffing range...

well if he had a K on the turn he would have bet huge since he already bet huge on the flop so i think that was a big tell but who knows, stu was a better gin player than a poker player anyway... imo stu is the greatest card player in history

The goat ive been a fan since the 90s born 1980

Hans TUNA Lund should have won that tourney and was the BEST player in that World Series.........

@guytaylor6891

10 ай бұрын

Hans Tuna Lund was and is one of the best poker player and all round Hustlers I’ve ever known. From playing poker to running a team of slot machine players! A true legend from Reno, Nevada!

@samiam7342

10 ай бұрын

@@guytaylor6891 Hi, did you know that after he took that horrendous bad beat that wiped out 75% of his stack, he proceeded to play for another 3 HOURS until he almost got the chip count back to even? NOBODY has ever taken a final table beat like that had the mental energy to rebuild their stack. He was truly one of a kind :)

@guytaylor6891

10 ай бұрын

No I didn’t know that but knowing Tuna I’m not surprised . I do know that when brad daugherty won the World Series of Poker. that people were saying that Tuna was the one who put him in action .

david mosley was the best player around in those days

@JonCookeBridge

10 ай бұрын

DM was the best PLO player for a while, sure, but not NLH.

What if Stu was a master of marking cards? Just like how we thought Lance Armstrong was the greatest until we found out he was doping.

I always wondered how he would be playing now if he never had demons.

What hands is he repping for value when he jams there? 3x? KJ?

@yommmrr

10 ай бұрын

I think you're giving the early 90s skill ceiling too much credit. Stu was ahead of his time, but he'd be average today.

Calling with 10 high and being right is a mark in history but maybe if he called with J4o high and had boobs it would be a big problem for lots of people.

No cameras ? Seriously? Who the eff made that decision?

Ok, that is a ridiculous story. There is not simply enough information in the play to indicate Matloubi had a 45.

Stu talk foe is a trap to Try read hand

Better spots for that bluff. Ak or aq would play that way trying to take the pot. Any hands containing a 3 might also boat up if he also hit his straight. O well. Good try

Was it j4....?

Everyone playing poker on stakes I would call more casual know these kind of bluff shoves from complete donks. Difference, they overbet "bluff" with A high, therefore you can't really call them 😂

Probably had marked cards.

I mean one would assume ungar cheated? Wasn’t a woman recently cited for cheating against Garrett with Jack high? And everyone said she cheated because it was just too ridiculous of a call.

@justins5225

10 ай бұрын

No... One would not. Stu was a genius. The best to play ever. Without any fancy solvers, he dominated for a long time. The girl who probably cheated is a mediocre amateur at best.

@darrenbrown7037

10 ай бұрын

@@justins5225 Her skill was enough to be playing at a table of competent poker players. Everyone was suspicious of her hero call. It wasn't even close to the hero call of Stu. Furthermore, Stu announced his opponent had either 45 or 56, meaning Stu likely had the 5 card marker or could identify it in some way. If everyone is up in arms about a J high card (which I mean, the poker community is led by a fleet of guys who consistently look down on female poker players), as you are now, assuming she's amateur at best without even know who it is. I'm just saying, I'm not convinced Stu won without some foul play. Calling an all in with 10-9 off, that's bad poker.

@mrhumble2937

10 ай бұрын

Heads up is way different. I don't think she cheated but it was a terrible play.

@paullentz1972

10 ай бұрын

No proof she cheated. Also, if Phil Ivey and Andy Stacks felt that Robbie had cheated...why did they not get up and leave? They continued to play with her for hours on the stream.

@MrJSpicoli

6 ай бұрын

Her skill. lol @@darrenbrown7037

Looks like Christofer from the sopranos!

No pics

Once the young smart players figured Stuey out, he was no match... Its the same reason Doyle was so powerful back then... Nobody really tried huge semi-bluffs without a made hand before the river with equity.

@theejayzeeable

10 ай бұрын

Is that why he won 3 main event bracelets? He didnt win more of them because of drugs and because he died relatively young compared to the avg person's lifespan. He was the smartest card player while he was alive. He could easily counterplay ur imaginary "young smart players". Which famous names were these young smart players? They didnt play the main events while Ungar was alive. Smart Chris Ferguson and Phil Ivey came AFTER Stu Ungar.

@saiajay6663

10 ай бұрын

​@@DanielFellner810Robbie da 🐐😂

@YouGotTheFlue

10 ай бұрын

@@theejayzeeableStop crying. Might ‘ve worked at the time bit Ungar wouldn’t win against a midstakes reg of these days. While he was great at time, the play itself back then was horrible.

@deathbymonkeys

10 ай бұрын

@@YouGotTheFlue i hate this argument, stu was a card savant plain and simple...he figured out games on his own and he made millions by outplaying the population of the time...if he was born in this era with a solver that same brilliant mind would figure it all out be just as good if not better.

@paullentz1972

10 ай бұрын

Unger's genius level knowledge of numbers would crush poker today. He was the best gin rummy player in the world prior to NL hold'em...because he could read what everyone had in their hands by the way they played. @@YouGotTheFlue

why do you keep showing Esfendiari??

PURE LUCK. NOTHING MORE THAN PURE LUCK.

@austinlinford5698

10 ай бұрын

Except Ungar called out Mansour's hand before he bet. It's not luck when you can read an opponent like that

@mortsolomon4603

10 ай бұрын

Sorry but you can’t “read” a poker players face….it’s 99% luck@@austinlinford5698

@italianwaterice9594

10 ай бұрын

​@@austinlinford5698marked deck

A man calls with T high and he is a genius a woman calls with J high and she is a cheater 😮

@Frostified

10 ай бұрын

And she is...

Terrible movie. How couldn't they casted an actor looks like him?

@colintimp1372

10 ай бұрын

Are you talking about the Michael Imperioli movie? I believe that Imperioli was the one that pushed to get it made and star in it. That's why.

@LeroyHavoc

10 ай бұрын

@@colintimp1372 Thanks for the info, I didn't know it. Well, he sucks!

10k buy in first price 160k. So how many were playing? 20? lol

Robbi Lew still greatest call ever just for size amount.

What movie is that?

@PokerBounty

8 ай бұрын

HIgh Roller Stu Ungar