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> ... it is hard to think of a competitor in all of history more dominant over his sport or game than Tinsley. I've got another one: famous hold 'em poker play
by gralx 4y ago
> ... it is hard to think of a competitor in all of history more dominant over his sport or game than Tinsley.
I've got another one: famous hold 'em poker player Stu Ungar never lost a game of gin rummy. Utterly dominant.
- treis 4y agoSounds like an urban legend. Gin rummy has too much luck for someone to have a perfect record.
- gralx 4y agoThe list of sound defeats is kind of a who's who from back in the day: Black, Hawk, Robison, Klein, Leo the Jap, Price, Stein.
- fijiaarone 4y agoNot nearly as much luck as poker, especially Texas hold ‘em which is almost pure luck with very little room for strategy or calculation.
- pclmulqdq 4y agoHold em has a lot more of a skill factor than the losers of a game want to admit, bit a lot more of a luck factor than the winners do.
- wfme 4y ago> Ungar destroyed anyone who challenged him in a gin match, including a professional widely regarded as the best gin player of Ungar's generation, Harry "Yonkie" Stein. Ungar beat Stein 86 games to none in a high-stakes game of Hollywood Gin, after which Stein dropped out of sight in gin circles and eventually stopped playing professionally.[0] 86 wins in a row against one of the best opponents at the time has to indicate that skill can overcome much of the luck involved. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu_Ungar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu_Ungar