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Tony Dunst and Scott Fischman

Tony Dunst is a highly regarded young poker professional who has made final tables at events all over the world. The Wisconsin native has played professionally in the United States and Australia, and Dunst now hosts the “Raw Deal” segment on World Poker Tour telecasts, which can be seen every Sunday night on FSN.

Scott Fischman is a well-known poker professional who has more than $2 million in career earnings and has won two World Series of Poker bracelets. He is also the author of the book “Online Ace.”

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'Thrill' ride in Jacksonville

The Jacksonville BestBet Open was the second-to-last event of the World Poker Tour's 10th season.

Not even bad beats can rattle Serock

It's no secret that by the usual societal standards, many professional poker players are considered rather eccentric. I call Serock "curiously eccentric" because his particular variety of eccentricity is one I've yet to figure out.

Try to view a hand from opponent's perspective

Scott, Can you please help me through a situation that has been troubling me lately? Action preflop folds to me on the cutoff, and I open for $20 with Jc Js. Thanks for any advice.

To live and die in L.A.

The first day of the 2011 L.A. Poker Classic event went excellently for me. I finished with nearly triple the starting stack of $30,000 after eight levels of poker, with nearly everything falling my way. The next day continued the trend.

Shooting at the stars

I played the Bay 101 Shooting Star event in San Jose, Calif., for the first time last spring.

Poker, For release 4/8/12

One of the questions I'm asked most frequently is how to play pocket aces. I could easily talk for an hour on this topic, as there are many factors to consider in order to play aces optimally. Most people are not satisfied with winning a small pot.

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