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 doon 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 3 times. And then his luck began to run out.....

About the authors: Nolan Dalla is the lead sports handicapper for Casino Player and has written for Gambling Times, Card Player, Poker Digest, Poker Pages, Poker Player, and The Intelligent Gambler. He is now media director for the World Series of poker. He lives in Las Vegas.
Peter Alson is the author of the acclaimed memoir Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie. His work has appeared in a wide range of national magazines, including Esquire, playboy, and The New York Times magazine. He lives in Brooklyn.