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Originally Posted by Mason Malmuth
I listened to the end of that video from the time it started, and it talked about how the year after his third win he was broke and didn't show up to defend his title, but nothing else. Am I missing something?
Mason
You're missing something. Or I am. 1990 WSOP Main Event final table. (Long before his non-defense of this third title.) Stu is the chip leader, unconscious in his hotel room, blinded off at the final table. Finishes 9th. Nothing to do with the year after his 3rd title.
From Wikipedia (also covered on the previous video):
1990 Main Event
There were 194 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. For the first time since the 1984 WSOP Main Event, the final table had nine players. On the third day of the tournament, Stu Ungar was found unconscious on the floor of his hotel room from a drug overdose. However, he had such a chip lead that even when the dealers kept taking his blinds out every orbit, Ungar still made the final table and finished ninth pocketing $25,050.[1]
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st Mansour Matloubi $835,000
2nd Hans Lund $334,000
3rd Dave Crunkleton $167,000
4th Jim Ward $91,850
5th Berry Johnston $75,150
6th Al Krux $58,450
7th Rod Peate $50,100
8th John Bonetti $33,400
9th Stu Ungar $25,050