Alan "Boston" Dvorkis is a professional

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and

poker Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game w ...

player. He was a red pro at

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. Boston is a specialist at

Seven-card stud Seven-card stud, also known as Seven-Toed Pete or Down-The-River is a variant of stud poker. Before the 2000s surge of popularity of Texas hold 'em, seven-card stud was the most widely played poker variant in home games across the United States, a ...

. Boston entered his first

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event in 1989 and finished 4th in the $1,500

event. Over the years he had many cashes, mostly in seven card stud. Boston's best finish was 2nd in the 1994, $2500 7 stud event. Not known for no limit, he did play on ''

Poker After Dark ''Poker After Dark'' is an hour-long poker television program that originally aired on NBC, premiering on January 1, 2007.

'' in 2007. Boston is best known however as a

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handicapper. He was featured in the 2001 book ''The Odds:One Season, Three Gamblers and The Death of Their Las Vegas''. He was also featured in the 2016 documentary, ''The Best Of It''. Boston has appeared on radio in

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and on gambling/poker podcasts.

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