One of a Kind
- Author Nolan Dalla
- Narrator Peter Alson, Joe Barrett
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Run Time 9 hours and 58 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Biography: arts and entertainment, Card games: Poker.
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What to expect
He was a legend before he was of legal age. Stuey Ungar 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, Ungar went on to win the World Series of Poker a record three times—then his luck began to run out.
Nolan Dalla was commissioned by Ungar in 1998 to pen his story, resulting in hundreds of hours of taped interviews and conversations. Notorious for gambling every single dollar in his pocket, Ungar won an estimated $30 million in his lifetime, but when he was found dead in a Las Vegas motel at the age of forty-five, he had only $800 in cash on his person, with no bank account or home address. One of a Kind is the startling tale of a man who won at his game and lost control of his life.
Critics Review
“A fascinating, cautionary tale.”
“A standout among this year’s bumper crop of poker books.”
“[A] heartfelt, respectful, and accepting biography.”
“One of a Kind is a lesson in no-limit hold’em as well as a terrifying pleasure.”
“A well-written and well-researched study of the most naturally gifted and emotionally stunted card genius in the history of poker.”
“Even though Stuey Ungar was perhaps the greatest poker player ever to live, his talent at card playing wasn’t close to being his most compelling characteristic. Stuey was a little bit of a gangster, genius, madman, tragic hero, and cardsharp. Add it all up, as Dalla and Alson have done in captivating style, and you get one of the most unusual characters to ever appear on the Vegas scene.”
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