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Duane Dewey Tomko (born December 31 1946 in Glassport Pennsylvania) is an American former kindergarten teacher turned professional poker player based in Winter Haven Florida.Tomko is chiefly noted as the runner-up in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10000 no limit Texas hold’em main event in both 1982 (to Jack Straus) and 2001 (to Carlos Mortensen.) Besides his success in the main event Tomko has won three WSOP bracelets all in different variations of poker in addition to various other tournament wins throughout his career.
