Varkonyi Sinking
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There was a raise to 7,000 under the gun and it folded around to Robert Varkonyi in the big blind who called, his leg jiggling up and down. The under-the-gun raiser enquired, "How much you got?" (answer - 80,000) and they saw a flop.
They flop came down 
and Varkonyi bet out 7,000. His opponent thought about it for a while and then called.
They saw a 
turn and the action was much the same, except that this time the bet from Varkonyi was 14,000. Again, his opponent paused, and then called.
The river came down the 
and this time Varkonyi, still jiggling his leg, checked. His opponent checked behind, and Varkonyi turned over 
. His opponent turned over a surprisingly good 
and took the pot.
The former world champion dropped to 55,000 and immediately downed a whole bottle of water as the TV cameras dispersed.