Robert Varkonyi: We Didn Even Know About The World Series Of Poker Then   Robert Varkonyi is one of the less known WSOP winners. Before his triumph in 2002 nobody knew his name. He had never played at the WSOP before it. When being a student Robert Varkonyi like all American students played penny ante poker. He didn’t plan to make a poker career… and I’m not sure that his great win can be called a career. As Phil Hellmuth said: “This is Robert’s day, let him have 10-15 minutes to enjoy it”. I guess he enjoyed it: $2,000.000 – nobody had ever won a bigger sum. It was before Greg Raymer got his $5,000,000. So, how it was? How did Robert Varkonyi win?   I think he was immensely lucky. To win with QT. In fact – all WSOP winning hands are very… strange. Just remember Doyle’s 10-2. So… When it came to heads-up Robert   Varkonyi was sitting with:   While Julian Gardner enjoyed his:   At the river both Gardner and Varkonyi saw that they had a chance to win. Though Julian saw this chance at the flop when went all in at the sight of two clubs, Julian – with a flush and Varkonyi… Let’s look at the river:   Gardner was happy! A flush. But he didn’t know that Varkonyi has a better hand: full house.   In addition to it Q-10 hand is a hand that cost Phil Hellmuth his hair. I think that it is the greatest Varkonyi’s achievement. To shave this “Pokerbrat”! When Varkonyi won, the crowd roared: “Shave Phil’s head!” Before the WSOP Hellmuth said: “I will shave my head if Varkonyi wins”. And Phil was shaved.