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Man Behind the Shades

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Anyone reading this review will already know about the legendary Stu Ungar, the only person to ever win 3 WSOP Main Events in the no limit hold em format. After reading this, you'll know why he didn't win it a fourth or fifth time (which he could have done).

I'm very thankful that Stu agreed to do this book before he passed away. He began speaking with the author only a few months before he died, and this book took several more years before it was completed. It was put together extremely well.

He led a very unusual life. If you told me this was a fictional book, then I'd tell you they went overboard with the story, as much of it is just unbelievable. As it is, all of it is true and therefore mind-boggling.

Stu should know that allowing his life to be laid out in this book is very helpful. It leaves us with a better of understanding of his accomplishments and his downfalls. It also allows us to get to know him, in the only way possible, through this book. Drugs robbed him, his family, and all of us enthusiasts of the greatest mind to ever play poker or gin.

His story will speak to those who aren't into cards as well. We all want a story that turns out rosie in the end, but here all that is left is what was. Long Live Stuey "the Kid" Ungar, may you finally have the fulfillment that you sought time and time again in this life.

He was a very interesting man. Met him once at a casino I worked at in SoCal back in 1994 or 1995. He was kicked out for doing coke in the bathroom (I was told). I am a slow reader and thus don't read many books, but this was an amazing story He is a major part of poker history. Is this the same book as One Of A Kind????