Re: Was Stu Ungar really a great poker player?
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That would be "on record" as in "totally unverifiable claim that is wildly more likely to be false than true, but has been repeated so many times that it has become gospel in the minds of many."
Or, conversely, you have someone in mind who knows for certain exactly which tournaments he entered and didn't cash.
People are such suckers.
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I don't know what to believe about Stuey. I've spent some time talking to some of the old guard about Stu, who I never met, and some of them tell some pretty amazing stories -- both of his talent and his degneracy. You're no doubt right that the stories are exaggerated, but even if only half of them are true, it's still pretty impressive. How would you rank him against the new Chan-Brunson standard, there, Paul? He does have THREE world championships, does he not?
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