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- Stu Ungar. Considered by many to be the best player to ever sit a poker table, Stu Ungar’s legacy will forever be tarnished by the fact that his drug addiction got the better of him.
- Scotty Nguyen. Like many people on this list, the winner of the 1998 WSOP Main Event and another four bracelets to go along with that one has a problem with alcohol.
- Mike Matusow. Mike Matusow started taking drugs at the start of the 2000 WSOP, when he took ecstasy to cheer up after a bad performance at a final table.
- Greg Merson. The WSOP Main Event champ had it pretty hard prior to winning the ME. He became addicted to cocaine and weed at the age of 18. However, it didn’t take long for him to realize his predicament, after which he checked into rehab at the age of 19.
- Stu Ungar
- Archie Karas
- Scotty Nguyen
- Erick Lindgren
- Chino Rheem
Stu Ungar was the original‘Kid’ in poker, a fearless genius at the tables who won millions at a time when millions still meant something to the world’s best. At the same time as he was taking down Main Event bracelets and vast sums in the toughest high-stakes cash games, he was fighting addictions which would ultimately see him die a lonely and pen...
Archie ‘the Greek’ Karas is another poker player and gambler with legendary status. His famous‘Run’ from 1993 to 1995 saw him turn his last $50 into a $40millionfortune! However, while for Ungar it was drugs and sportsbetting which took him down to the bottom again, for ‘the Greek’ it was dice and baccarat which wiped out his winnings in three shor...
Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễnis one of the true characters in the poker world, a loud and personable guy with legendary poker skills mixed in with gambling and drug problems, He is a player who has bridged the gap between the old school and the new. As with so many others, Nguyen built himself up from literally nothing into a millionaire using only his ...
When it comes to stories of poker pros going bust, they don’t come much uglier than Erick Lindgren’s sad tale of debts, gambling degeneracy, bankruptcy, and legal actions. As the ‘All-American face of poker’, Lindgren was one of the most successful poker players of the noughties boom – a total of $10million+ in the bank from tournaments alone, incl...
Sometimes – perhaps not often but sometimes – you can feel sorry for the man who once had it all and let it slip through his fingers by a combination of bad luck, bad choices, bad runs, and bad advice. Other times, however, you feel that some people get exactly what they deserve, and poker low-life Chino Rheemfalls into this second category. Anyone...
Jun 22, 2014 · Scotty Nguyen's antics upset Erick Lindgren in the 2008 $50k PPC. Nguyen emphatically states the those days of reckless gambling are behind him. One of the biggest contributors to his excessive gambling and drug use, Nguyen says, was his youth, his newfound wealth and the arrogance that came with both.
Dec 5, 2013 · Today we explore the full catalogue of illicit substances being used by live and online poker players, including street drugs like weed and cocaine as well as so-called "smart pills" like Adderall and Provigil. We'll go down the list drug-by-drug to find out how they affect poker players and how they fit into the poker world.
Oct 26, 2014 · The most recent high-profile case of alcohol abuse during a poker event was in 2008, when former world champion Scotty Nguyen went on a drunken, abusive rant directed towards his heads-up...
At one point early in his career Scotty Nguyen had built a bankroll of more than a million dollars. But a combination of excessive spending and alcohol and drug addiction meant he headed into the 1998 World Series of Poker broke. So broke that he couldn’t afford the entry fee into a satellite qualifier for the Main Event.
Sep 8, 2017 · For more poker news head to http://www.pokerlistings.com/There are a handful of true living legends in the poker world and in terms of charisma and entertain...
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