InsidePoker discovers how Stu Ungar and drugs led his life in a downward spiral and how he fought his way back to the top May 1997, Binion’s poker room, Las Vegas

Andy Black had to pinch himself to check he wasn’t dreaming. Down to the final 18 in his first ever WSOP main event, he had survived two of the toughest days of poker in his life. He felt good though, confident behind a wall of chips. And to his left was the irrepressible Stu Ungar. That had to be a good omen. Stuey was his idol – the best no-limit hold’em player in the world – always had been, always would be.