Robert Varkonyi

[ansky451]

I never saw the WSOP in 2002, I've only been playing for a little over a year now, so can someone tell me, how on earth Robert Varkonyi won the WSOP. Did he get incredibly lucky? When i saw him in the 2003 WSOP he was awful.

[fluff]

He won by being the last person on the table with chips.

[benfranklin]

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He won by being the last person on the table with chips.

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Oh sure, that old cheap trick. Anyone can win if they're the last one left.

[Stew]

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I never saw the WSOP in 2002, I've only been playing for a little over a year now, so can someone tell me, how on earth Robert Varkonyi won the WSOP. Did he get incredibly lucky? When i saw him in the 2003 WSOP he was awful.

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Awful? He got booted with KK against AA, how in the hell is that awful (disclaimer, in no way am I saying Robert Varkonyi is anything better than an average player, as the cards did run him over in 2002).

But, awful? Give me a break, it wasn't like he called an all-in with his KK, he was the agressor.

[ansky451]

Perhaps he wasn't a terrible poker player, but certainly not someone who deserved to be crowned best in the world.

[jdl22]

You are crowned world champion by winning the World Series of Poker. He did so in by all accounts a fair and ethical manner. How then does he not deserve it?

Poker is a game of chance. That's the main reason we make money. Often in tournaments the best players don't win and the winning players aren't the best but whoever wins certainly deserves it barring any cheating.

[Toro]

He kept getting incredibly lucky with the same hand. And he seemed to realize that this hand was lucky for him and kept pushing with it every time he got it, similar to playing a rush. But of course a rush is a bunch of hands within a short period, these Q10 hands were spread out throughtout the tournament.

He even has a calling card(I got one from him in Vegas when we were at the same table at the Mirage) calling himself Mr. Q10 or something to that effect.

[Slacker13]

Doyle Brunson said in an interview that he was weak player.

I have seen posts before on this same subject and I am sure that even though he is probably a sub par player against the pros I am sure he most likely has more skill than a majority of the poster who says he sucks.

Personally, I find him extremely annoying. There is something about him that irritates the hell out of me.

[wm r the rake]

wasn't he the player that got up and rent to the restroom during the heads up???

[Toro]

No, that was someone else.