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Dewey Tomko

Dewey Tomko

aka "Dewey"
Nationality
United States
United States
WSOP Bracelets 3
Total Live Earnings $4,934,681
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Biography

Duane “Dewey” Tomko was born in the forties in Pennsylvania. He got his start playing cards in his teens at local pool halls. He won quite often and continued to win while attending college. Upon graduating, Tomko began working as a kindergarten teacher. He didn’t stop playing poker though and did so whenever he could. Eventually, Dewey realized that he was making a lot more money playing poker and quit teaching. Tomko is married with three children and continues to play poker. He has over $4.5 million in tournament earnings.

World Series of Poker

In 1979, Tomko won the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event at the WSOP. First place was only worth $48,000 back then, but the gold bracelet and respect earned was priceless. In 1982, he cashed in two more WSOP events. One of those was the Main Event where he finished second to legend Jack Straus for $208,000.

In 1983 and 1984, Tomko crushed the WSOP with five cashes. All of those cashes were top three finishes and the two cashes in 1984 were both wins for two more gold bracelets.

Plenty more cashes were to follow over the next few years leading up to another extremely deep run in the 2001 WSOP Main Event. There, Dewey took second place to Carlos Mortensen when his aces got cracked. Tomko did take home over $1 million for the runner-up finish.

In 2004, he cashed five more times at the WSOP in Vegas. Ever striving to capture more WSOP gold, Dewey came very close to doing so in 2005 and 2006. In 2005, he placed third in the $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball event and then placed seventh in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship in 2006. In the latter event in 2007, Tomko placed tenth and just missed out on the final table.

Dewey Tomko's WSOP Bracelet Wins

YearEventPayout
1979Event #11: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em$48,000
1984Event #11: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball$105,000
1984Event #12: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Rebuy)$135,000

Dewey Tomko's Best WSOP Cashes

YearEventPlacePrize
2001Event #27: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship2nd$1,098,925
2006Event #20: $50,000 H.O.R.S.E.7th$343,200
1982Event #14: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship2nd$208,000
2005Event #39: $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball3rd$138,160

Other Poker Achievements

At the WPT’s Five-Diamond World Poker Classic in 2003, Tomko took home over $550,000 for a second-place finish. In 2004 and 2005, he went back to back to win the Grand Prix of Poker year for a combined total $810,000 ($355,000 + $355,000).

Did You Know?

  • Tomko is an excellent golfer, so much so that professional golfer Rocco Mediate said that if he had one person to putt for his life, it would be Tomko.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
116th $3,516
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 30 - $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship
23rd $20,492
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 22 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
35th $5,141
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 12 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em
68th $3,243
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 39 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E.
10th $131,424
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 21 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem Shootout
12th $6,757

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