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We're not sure how the action went, but we arrived to find a player in mid position all in with 
. Robert Varkonyi on the button was holding 
.
Board: 
The all-in player doubled up, leaving Varkonyi woefully short on just 16,000 or so. The TV cameras, and indeed your bloggers, decided to wait at the table like vultures circling a wounded deer.
We didn't have to wait long.
Next hand, the same gentleman who had just doubled through Varkonyi raised to 11,000. The gent next to him - let us call him Player 2 - flat-called, and Varkonyi shoved for his last 15,800.
"Think about it before you call," Varkonyi laughed. Both players called.
They checked down the 
flop and the 
turn. The initial raiser checked the 
river as well, but this time Player 2 bet 7,500.
"Oh no," laughed Varkonyi.
Oh yes.
The initial raiser folded, and Varkonyi turned over 
. Duly Player 2 flipped 
for a rivered higher full house, and that was that for the 2002 world champion.