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	Robert Varkonyi - Poker Pro
		Robert was born in 1961 in New York.
		Robert graduated from MIT with one degree in computer science and another in management.
		Finally in 2000, Varkonyi decided to take a step back from his career; after 15 years of hard work and careful savings, he decided it was the right time to focus on other interests.
	www.poker.com /professionalplayers/varkonyi.htm (421 words)

	Robert Varkonyi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Varkonyi (born October 7, 1961 in New York) is a professional poker player.
		Varkonyi is most well known for winning the 2002 World Series of Poker main event, taking the $2 million prize.
		Varkonyi currently resides in Great Neck, New York with his wife Olga, who also plays poker, and two daughters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Varkonyi (309 words)

	Robert Varkonyi Profile \| Background on Robert Varkonyi
		Why, Robert Varkonyi, one of the first of a breed of World Series of Poker championship winners who are considered unknowns because they had not won much in the way of high profile tournaments, yet managed to win the biggest one of all.
		It must have been hard for Robert not to be laughing in his well-educated sleeve at the expressions of the professional poker player as, one by one, he surpassed them, heading for the Big Prize.
		Varkonyi is an MIT grad, and when it came time for him to defend his title in the 2003 World Series of Poker, the one eventually one buy another no name, Chris Moneymaker, he enlisted the help of his own personal poker coach, the head of the infamous MIT fljack team.
	www.guidetopoker.com /RobertVarkonyi.php (671 words)

	Poker2Poker - Online Poker Game Information Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Robert Varkonyi is the son of Hungarian immigrants.
		Robert is had a focused style of play and he concentrates very carefully on what is going on at the table.
		Robert lives in Great Neck, NY with his wife Olga, who is also into competitive poker, and their daughter.
	www.poker2poker.com /poker-pro/Robert-Varkonyi (367 words)

	Poker Player Home Page :: Articles :: Player Profile 2002 WSOP Champion Robert Varkonyi
		But the fates were hard at work in Varkonyi's life and not all of the results had anything to do with poker although it was difficult to it ignore the satisfying feeling that came with winning $2 million.
		Olga Varkonyi was several months pregnant with their first child as she fidgeted nervously at the Horseshoe, watching carrying her husband win poker's biggest tournament.
		But Varkonyi likes to celebrate the fact that, as he puts it, "I am a lucky man." His parents were hiding in Hungary from the Nazis during World War II and other family members died in concentration camps.
	www.pokerplayernewspaper.com /viewarticle.php?id=1461 (1769 words)

	Robert Varkonyi - Poker Player Profiles - Blind Bet Poker
		Robert Varkonyi shocked the Poker world when he won the main event of the World Series of Poker in 2002.
		Quiet and unassuming, Varkonyi was an unknown in a very tough field, but in the end he came through to outlast 630 other players, and claim his $2 Million.
		Robert Varkonyi was born in New York in 1961.
	www.blindbetpoker.com /profiles/robert-varkonyi.html (456 words)

	Robert Varkonyi Profile \| Robert Varkonyi Background
		Robert Varkonyi Winner of the WSOP 2002 with a prize pot of $2m is not a man to be lightly dismissed.
		Robert Varkonyi was born in New York on October 7, 1961.
		Robert is looking to see Olga enjoy the same success that he has experienced in the world of Poker.
	www.guidetopoker.com /Robert-Varkonyi.php (593 words)

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		Varkonyi's move up had surprised me a little, but virtually all of it had come one big coin flip hand, so the jury was still out.
		Varkonyi turned his hand over in what I think was meant more to be dramatic style than slowroll style: he turned the cards so only the top ace was visible, and then after about a two second pause, he split the two cards so everyone could see the bottom card was also an ace.
		Varkonyi finished taking pictures and enjoyed the moment, as Hellmuth had suggested, and then both Hellmuth and the battery powered shears were brought in.
	www.seiyuu.com /okamoto/gambling/poker/wsop2002/final-5.htm (5500 words)

	Robert Varkonyi: WSOP and Extreme Poker Champion
		Robert Varkonyi recently had to get up and run just to be able to keep playing.
		Robert Varkonyi started playing poker in college, joining his friends for dealer call games that involved split pots and multiple wild cards.
		Varkonyi missed the first underwater tournament because he had sinus problems, but plans on being ready for the battle at the bottom of the sea this fall.
	www.casinocitytimes.com /news/article.cfm?contentID=158645 (968 words)

	All Headline News - Extreme Poker Crowns New Champion - December 16, 2006
		Varkonyi's win comes just months after Juha Helppi won the first ever Extreme Poker event held 30 feet underwater in the Caribbean Sea.
		Varkonyi won over Helppi, with Varkonyi playing in just a T-Shirt, and Helppi snuggly wrapped in his Parka.
		Helppi pushed all of his chips in, and Varkonyi called his bet, witnesses say all the while his lips were turning blue, and his body rapidly growing fatigued from him jogging around the frost-covered table.
	www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7003031078 (281 words)

	Robert Varkonyi Professional Poker Player WSOP Gallery of Champions
		Robert Varkonyi (born October 7, 1961 in New York) is a professional poker
		Robert Varkonyi is the winner of the 2002 World Series of Poker Main Event.
		Robert is a semi-poker professional who thinks poker is great fun.
	www.pokerplayerpress.com /Gallery-RobertVarkonyi.html (593 words)

	2002 World Series of Poker - Robert Varkonyi wins 1st Prize
		While Varkonyi would eventually take all the chips, his title effort started off with a fizzle, as he almost immediately doubled up Julian Gardner, depleting his chip stack by almost $400,000- he was now down to a meager $250,000.
		In the final dramatic hand, Gardner thought he had Varkonyi on the spot with a club flush, but miraculously, that made Gardner’s flush was the wrong one- it was a 10.
		With another successful tournament in the books, the only thing left was to settle the bets; Robert Varkonyi collected his $2 million, and a man of his word, Phil Hellmuth paid up on his verbal bet.
	www.blindbetpoker.com /wsop/2002wsop.html (427 words)

	Robert Varkonyi Bio \| Robert Varkonyi Profile
		Robert Varkonyi was the first in the recent string of amateur poker players to win the World Series of Poker.
		Robert then proceeded to catch a few lucky breaks and went on to win the tournament and the 2 million dollar first place prize.
		Robert started playing poker as an MIT undergrad and you could say he has done well for himself in the game.
	www.pokergeist.com /players.php?id=43 (223 words)

	WSOP 2002 - Robert Varkonyi - Starthereforpoker.com
		Robert Varkonyi was an investment banker for many years in Brooklyn, New York before he won the 2002 World Series of Poker main event and its top prize of $2 million as a relative newcomer.
		Varkonyi was such a long shot to win the WSOP tournament that TV commentator and fellow poker player Phil Hellmuth said on the ESPN coverage that he would shave his hair off for charity if Varkonyi won.
		Varkonyi started playing poker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an undergraduate (his favorite poker game is Hi-Lo Stud).
	www.starthereforpoker.com /read_article.php?id=49 (588 words)

	The Poker Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In a dramatic come-from-behind victory, Varkonyi sent chills through his competitors Peter Larsson of Sweden, Ulrik Jensen of Denmark, Rene Christensen of Denmark, Daniel Stein of England and reigning Extreme Poker Champion and local favorite Juha Helppi of Finland.
		Varkonyi later resorted to running laps in between hands to maintain circulation and stave off frostbite.
		Helppi pushed all of his chips in, and Varkonyi called his bet, his lips turning blue, and his body growing tired from his increasingly rapid jogging around the frost-covered table.
	pokergazette.com /simpnews/singlenews.php?lang=en&layout=def&category=1&newsnr=1925 (581 words)

	CasinoGaming.com -- World Series of Poker
		When Robert Varkonyi was an undergrad at MIT in Computer Sciences, he used to play a lot of penny ante poker with fellow students.
		Robert Varkonyi had most of John Shipley's chips by then and called with A K. Bye, Tony D. Maybe you just don't like tournaments.
		Robert Varkonyi had rebuilt his stack from the first hand disaster to Julian Gardner.
	www.casinogaming.com /wsop/may2502.html (1579 words)

	Wicked Chops Poker: Is Varkonyi One of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
		Is Varkonyi One of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
		Varkonyi, who sucks at poker, is stacked now at $65,000 after eliminating Marcel Luske.
		While Luske clearly had the advantage, the chain of events leading to the end of the world are already set in motion and don't heed such things as "favorites" and "odds." Varkonyi met his straight when a 9 came on the river.
	wickedchopspoker.blogs.com /my_weblog/2006/08/is_varkonyi_one.html (324 words)

	Robert Varkonyi - Professional Poker Player Profile
		Born October 7, 1961 in New York, Robert Varkonyi is an investment banker turned professional poker player who started learning the game of poker while attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
		Varkonyi became an instant celebrity and professional poker palyer with his win of the 2002 World Series of Poker main event, a win that surprised everyone.
		Phil Hellmuth said at the time that the odds against Robert winning were so high that if he won he'd shave his head.
	www.pokerpages.com /players/profiles/28721/robert-varkonyi.htm (230 words)

	Poker playes / WSOP winners / 2001-2006 / Robert Varkonyi: 'We Didn't Even Know About The World Series Of Poker Then'
		Robert Varkonyi is one of the less known WSOP winners.
		At the river both Gardner and Varkonyi saw that they had a chance to win.
		When Varkonyi won, the crowd roared: “Shave Phil’s head!” Before the WSOP Hellmuth said: “I will shave my head if Varkonyi wins”.
	www.launchpoker.com /players/wsop_winners/2001_2006/-robert-varkonyi- (277 words)

	BURNandTURN.com :: Poker Players - Robert Varkonyi
		Robert first started playing poker while he was an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
		After his graduation in 1983, he got a job as an investment banker in Brooklyn, New York and worked there for a number of years before he began to enter poker tournaments.
		Robert is most recognized for winning the 2002 World Series of Poker Main Event.
	www.burnandturn.com /poker/players/robert-varkonyi (89 words)

	Casino Guide - The Detroit News Online - 12/16/06
		And as much as Robert Varkonyi (I've never met or talked to him) deserves the attention and recognition for his achievement, this article is not about him.
		I don't know what kind of player Varkonyi was before the World Series but I do know that he was the greatest player during these five days and he, not Hellmuth, should have his name in lights and in the opening paragraph of all news coverage.
		This year, Phil Hellmuth was a little fish in a big pond who made a big splash for foolishness; Robert Varkonyi was the big fish in the big pond who made bigger splash because of the $2 million he was carrying.
	info.detnews.com /casino/columns/details.cfm?column=guberman&myrec=38 (873 words)

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		On the final hand Gardner drew the 8 and J of clubs to Varkonyi's Q-10.
		For just a moment, Gardner thought he made his flush until the realization hit that it was the TEN of clubs, whch gave Varkonyi the full boat and the tournament championship.
		We'll learn what Varkonyi is made of next year--Ungar, Moss, Brunson and Chan are the only men to ever defend a WSOP title.
	www.go-poker.com /articles/wsop-2002-winner-robert-varkonyi.htm (819 words)

	Cold Blooded Poker \| Bluff Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Robert Varkonyi, 2002 World Series of Poker Champion, won the event, despite losing many of his chips, along with his coat, within the first few hands.
		Varkonyi even resorted to running laps of the table in between hands in order to stay warm.
		Varkonyi's hand evolved into a full house, giving him the title of Extreme Poker Challenge Champion.
	www.bluffmagazine.com /news/newsArticle.asp?newsID=110124 (191 words)

	Profiling Robert Varkonyi - Poker Player Champions
		The man who won the 2002 World Series of Poker, Robert Varkonyi, was born in New York in 1961 from Hungarian parents.
		Robert Varkonyi surprised the Poker world when he won the main event of the WSOP in 2002.
		Varkonyi won the satisfaction of forcing Phil Hellmuth to shave his head, apart from $2 M prize money.
	champion-poker-players.com /archives/7-Profiling-Robert-Varkonyi.html (805 words)

	Robert Varkonyi, 2002 WSOP Main Event Winner
		At the time of this writing, he was cheering on his wife Olga Varkonyi who was one of the chip leaders in Day 2 of the 2005 Main Event.
		Robert Varkonyi, the 2002 WSOP Main Event winner, being interviewed by PokerListings.com.
		I've played 4-5 Professional Poker Tour events (Robert got a three year card because of his 2002 WSOP win), I also go to Foxwoods and Atlantic City on occasion.
	www.pokerlistings.com /robert-varkonyi-2002-wsop-main-event-winner-906 (780 words)

	WSOP Updates – John Gale Climbs, Ted Forrest And Robert Varkonyi Fall \| Poker News
		On a bit of a downslide are both Robert Varkonyi and Ted Forrest.
		Forrest was unable to get things going at his table and, since a recent table move, was still trying to get his game in gear.
		Varkonyi also has fallen some as the level has moved along; he will be moving soon, however, so that may bring a change in fortune for the 2002 World Champion.
	www.pokernews.com /news/2006/7/wsop-updates-john-gale-climbing-forrest-falling.htm (538 words)

	Robert Varkonyi wins Extreme Poker Challenge
		Varkonyi was hit by a bad beat in the third hand and was forced to re-buy in exchange for giving up his jacket.
		Though Helppi was securely wrapped in his Parka, and Varkonyi was beginning to show signs of frostbite playing in just a T-Shirt, it was Varkonyi who ultimately emerged as the victor.
		Varkonyi's pair of tens improved to a full house making him the new Extreme Poker champion.
	professional-poker.com /news/2006/mar/463-varkonyi-extreme-poker.htm (364 words)

	Writing.Com: Sadie
		My name is Doctor Robert Varkonyi, I’m a psychologist.” Robert had a cheerful affect to him, in fact he seemed resiliently cheerful, and he extended his hand while beaming the same beard-masked smile at me.
		When I opened the door and walked in Sadie was eating scrambled eggs with her fingers, which she formed into a kind of spoon, shoveling the mushy yellow globs from the plate to her mouth.
		“Robert is that true?” I was on the brink of losing it after I heard this.
	www.writing.com /main/view_item/item_id/1180181 (3116 words)

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