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Dewey Tomko (born 1946 in Glassport, Pennsylvania) is an American former kindergarten teacher turned professional poker player, based in Winterhaven, Florida.

Tomko is chiefly noted as the runner-up in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 no limit hold'em main event in both 1982 (to Jack "Treetop" Straus) and 2001 (to Carlos Mortensen.)

Tomko began playing poker profitably as a 16-year-old in Pittsburgh pool halls which allowed him to finance his education at Salem College. He worked as a kindergarten teacher, but often played poker through the night. Tomko realised that poker was more profitable than his job and invested a sum of his winnings into businesses whilst choosing to play poker full-time.

In addition to his WSOP success, Tomko he has made two World Poker Tour (WPT) final tables. He finished runner-up in the 2003 Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($552,853) and in fourth place in the Costa Rica Classic ($14,650.)

Recently, Tomko took 3rd place in the 2005 WSOP Deuce to Seven Draw Lowball event worth $138,160.

Tomko is married with three children. His son Derek encouraged him to return to playing poker tournaments. (Tomko claims his son is a better player then he was at his age.)

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