Stu Unger is a legend in the poker world, the game's Bobby Fischer, an unparalleled card room genius who won the World Series of Poker an incredible three times before dying at 45 from a drug overdose. Dubbed "the kid" for both his age and his delicate elfin features, Unger was a reckless gambler with a notorious disregard for money. He would win a million dollars playing poker and lose it the next night at the craps table. ONE OF A KIND is a treasure trove of anecdotes about the wild highs and lows of the man many consider the world's greatest poker player.

Traces the rise and fall of poker champion Stuey Ungar, offering insight into his meteoric career as one of the game's most feared tournament players, the factors behind his tragic change of circumstances, and his early death at the age of forty-five.

Traces the rise and fall of poker champion Stuey Ungar, offering insight into his meteoric career as one of the game's most feared tournament players, the factors behind his tragic change of circumstances, and his early death at the age of forty-five.