Larry Rolla – Against All Odds – The Unholy Trinity: Stu Ungar, Tony Spilotro & Frank Cullotta
Based on the Book “Against All Odds” by Larry Rolla View the Podcast Series Here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoemFyTB0pmwmBLJaaybOWocF9hk1w46F
Podcast 7 – Step into the extraordinary world of Stu Ungar, a true legend in the poker realm. Witness his meteoric rise as he became a three-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Champion, captivating the industry with his unmatched card-playing prowess and photographic memory. Stu’s winnings reached staggering heights, earning him millions of dollars.
However, beneath the glimmering surface, Stu battled with his demons. A crippling gambling addiction and a perilous affinity for cocaine plagued his life. Drawn into the clutches of shadowy mob bookmakers like Tony Spilotro and Frank Cullotta, Stu found himself trapped in a web of debt that spiraled out of control. The consequences were devastating, ultimately leading to his tragic downfall.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:24 Welcome
00:01:45 David Milch
00:02:03 Stu Ungar
00:09:03 Tony Spilotro
00:09:47 Frank Cullatta
00:11:44 Michael Perioli Movie
00:14:56 High Roller – The Stu Ungar Story
00:15:03 The Rise and Fall of Stu Ungar
00:18:54 Larry Kadish
00:20:37 Charles Slutsky
00:21:21 Stanley Dancer
00:21:59 Christmas Party for 1500
00:25:30 Arron Wagman
00:31:53 Link To Podcast Playlist
The Against All Odds podcast is a true story of one man’s ride through the tainted world of horse racing – a world riddled with greed, corruption, celebrities, drugs, sex and the Mob.
Larry Rolla was a talented, respected trainer who invented new ways to fix aging and injured racehorses. Despite his success, his demons and his association with the Mob both helped and destroyed his life. He was involved with every phase of Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing, seen it all and done it all, learned how to duck and dive and live through it all. He is a unique man whose past most would not survive. More importantly, he was an extremely compassionate guy who took people with damaged lives and helped them as well, if he could. He liked fixing things that needed fixing.
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What do think the future would have been if you paid them off? Do you think it would have been just another day? These were guys who did not live the same code as you. What did you get for being stand-up? Almost nobody lives that code. Either way, you were screwed.
Love the show MONMOUTH RACE TRACK MY FATHER USED TO TAKE ME EVERY WEEK. You were a legend obviously, my father gambled heavy heavy it was feast or famine in my home when he would lose in AC HE WOULD GO OUT AND ROB TO MAKE UP FOR IT ANYWAY LOVE THE SHOW MR.ROLLA LOVE FROM TRENTON, NJ IM PLAYING PEAKNUCKLE NOW LOL
Also my fathers business partner sold the land that they made parx racing track on bear Philly my uncle Louie, IM 33 my neighborhood was split between the south Philly guys and NY/NJ GAMBINOS AND FEW DECAVALCANTES AS WELL DID YOU KNOW ANY1 FROM TRENTON NJ???? I was running yellow footbal tickets at 10 and my grandmother was running numbers in her nursing home lolll
I had to stop at the 3 minute mark to correct this liar: Ungar's parents did not both die when he was a kid, his mother lived till he was 26. He had no other family, so why would he have to support them after his father died? There was no one to support, he supported his mother. He NEVER LIVED IN HARLEM!!!!!!! He did not grow up there. So much is wrong in just the first 3 minutes.
I just cried… how my Dad loved you… like a brother… seriously… and the hubs too!!! ❤
Here's a thought, if you gave them.up and kept all of your "stuff" , would that have changed you? 🤔 or how would it have changed you?
You were wrong,Larry.
Larry I never heard you say you missed the horses, I also can’t find anything you drove or anything accomplished with horses so you’re desperately trying to sell books heartbreaking the black eye your leaving on a legacy of fine people trying to survive I did hear from an old groom of yours he said your addiction was much deeper and darker male on male prostitution you should be ashamed of yourself
Stuey Ungar did not come from Harlem, he was from The Lower East Side. I met him back in the 70's, he was not a great gin player at age 10, that's. myth. He became the best in the 80's, no disputing it. The story about him and Spilatro is also fake, these guys are taking the story of Ungar running out of New York in the 1970's after getting jammed up and changing it to a Vegas story a decade later involving Spilatro. I guess getting Spilatro's name into a story will help him push his book. What a load of crap this video is.