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One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey ',The Kid', Ungar, The World's Greatest Poker Player | |
  enlarge | Authors: Nolan Dalla, Peter Alson Creator: Mike Sexton Publisher: Atria Category: Book List Price: Buy New: $4.99 You Save: $9.01 (64%) New (3) Used (4) from $4.99 Rating:  47 reviewsSales Rank: 370455 Format: Bargain Price Media: Paperback Pages: 336 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6 Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.5 x 0.9 Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412092 ASIN: B001C2FUMS Publication Date: May 30, 2006 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Tell A Friend Add to Wishlist Add to Wedding Registry Add to Baby Registry |
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| Editorial Reviews: Product Description He was the Jim Morrison of the casino, a legend before he was of legal age. Stuey Ungar, the son of a Jewish bookie on Manhattan's Lower East Side, dropped out of high school to become an underground card-table sensation, eventually taking out every top gin-rummy player on the East Coast. Bankrolled by the Genovese crime family, Stuey would soon travel around the country in search of new opponents and opportunities -- including poker. He would go on to win the World Series of Poker a record three times. And then his luck began to run out. One of a Kind is the startling tale of a man who won at his game and lost control of his life. Whether tossing away his winnings at the racetrack or on a single roll of the dice, Stuey was notorious for gambling every single dollar in his pocket. Though he had won an estimated $30 million in his lifetime, Stuey had no bank account, not even a home address. He was found dead in a Vegas motel -- with $800 in cash on his person, the only money he had left -- at the age of forty-five. An intimate, authorized biography -- Nolan Dalla was commissioned by Stuey in 1998 to pen his story, resulting in hundreds of hours of taped interviews and conversations -- One of a Kind illuminates the dark genius of one of poker's most memorable figures. | |
Customer Reviews: Read 42 more reviews... A fast paced book about a Poker Prodigy December 29, 2008Diana De Avila (Malta, NY USA) This book about Stuey "The Kid" Ungar is a fast-paced read about a poker prodigy. Before 'Hold 'em hit the scene, Stuey played Gin and became a young expert at card playing. It was said that his memory was photographic. This book shares the story of Stuey who lived life as a hard core gambler. All of life was a gamble to him and he took every opportunity in life to wager. His life experience was so far removed from the regular life that you and I might be living--paying bills and earning an honest wage. Stuey lived hard in all aspects: gambling, sex and drugs. He rubbed shoulders and was mentored by the mob and some of Vegas' biggest names like Doyle Brunson and a the Binions. Reading this book will allow you to see the life "The Kid" lived in NYC and Las Vegas. If you love books about Las Vegas and the game of Hold 'em as well as exciting stories about gambling--Stu Ungar's story will not disappoint. What Bobby Fisher was to chess, Stu Unger was to poker. October 24, 2008K. Costanzo (San Diego, California) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Stu Unger was, by far, the greatest to ever play the game of poker. At the same time, like Fisher, he was consumed and obsessed by it with no room left in his life for anything else. This, perhaps, is the price someone pays for greatness. If you have ever been ever semi serious about the game of poker, you will appreciate and understand the insights into the mind and character of this poker genius. (By the way, there's no comparison between this book and the movie that was made about Stu Unger's life. This book is 1,000 times better. The movie only gives a surface view of Stu Unger's life without any insight into what made him tick. In addition, it was inaccurate in some of what it presented.) Intense, exciting and sad October 9, 2008Bill Maxwell (HYDE PARK, MA USA) I could not put this book down. It tells everything as honestly as possible without glamorizing his life. Some lines of great poker advice, too.  What a Life .... September 29, 2008Bernhard Kaiser (Germany) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Well, the book starts quite entertaining but after a while you get bored a bit by reading the same story again and again. Stuey made big money at poker / Rummy and then lost in on sports betting /horse races immediately after. But, well, that was his life after all. Definitely an interesting read and also a warning about how gambling and drugs can destroy a man, even a brilliant one .. The Painful Demise of a Poker Genuis May 21, 2008Kevin O'Mahoney (Cambridge, MA United States) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful It wouldn't end well. I knew that when I purchased this book. How could a man succeed so well in poker -- a game that requires heart, stamina, incredible focus, uncanny ability to read people, discipline and intense mathematical analysis -- and fail so badly at life? Nolan Dalla captures Unger so well that I felt as if I was another of Unger's friends, watching his life unravel. Dalla skillfully peels away Unger's layers, until beneath all the bravado, genius, and generosity we see not a man, but a little boy; probably a traumatized boy desperately trying to outrun his demons. When he could no longer outrun them by chasing escalating gambling highs, he escapes into drug addiction. Knowing how the book would end, I couldn't help but root for Unger. But Dalla does not stop with Unger, we experience the frustrations, disappointments and horror of Unger's friends and family, whom Dalla thoroughly interviewed. Like any child, Unger is singularly insensitive to the needs of those around him. As exhaustive and painful as this book was proving to be, I couldn't put it down. That's a great credit to Dalla. | |
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