Hans J. "Tuna" Lund (September 23, 1950 – November 6, 2009) was an American professional
poker
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player, based in
Sparks, Nevada
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, who won two
World Series of Poker
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(WSOP)
bracelet
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s, and was the runner-up at the
1990 WSOP Main Event.
Poker career
Lund began playing
poker tournament
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s in 1977 and won a bracelet at the
1978 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the $1,500
no limit
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Music Record labels
*No Limit Records, a record label founded by Master P
* No Limit Forever Records, a record label founded by Romeo Miller, son of Master P
Albums
* ''No Limit'' (Art Pepper album), 1977
* ''No Limit'' ...
hold'em
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event. A decade later he finished 2nd in the same event at the
1988 WSOP.
At the
1990 WSOP Lund was heads-up against
Mansour Matloubi
Mansour Matloubi (born 1952) is an Iranian-British professional poker player living in London.
Matloubi won the 1990 World Series of Poker Main Event for $835,000, becoming the first non-American to win the title. He made the final table of th ...
. On the decisive hand, he had a slight chip lead before the hand started, when with A-9 offsuit he called a pre-flop raise from Matloubi. He raised Matloubi's bet on the 9–4–2 flop; after deliberation, Matloubi moved
all in with 10–10; Lund also deliberated, then called. An ace on the turn meant Lund only had to avoid the last two tens in the deck for the championship, but a ten came on the river. He eventually finished runner-up, with Matloubi taking the title.
He finished
in the money
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of the Main Event in
1991
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(19th),
1992
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(3rd),
2006
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(315th), and
2007
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(319th).
Lund went on to win a second bracelet at the
1996 WSOP in the $1,500
Ace to Five Draw event.
In addition to his two bracelets, Lund won a Hall of Fame watch, the Super Bowl of Poker main event and the Best All-Around Player Award at the Diamond Jim Brady tournament.
Lund retired from playing tournaments on a regular basis in 1997. He often also competed in the yearly
Club Cal Neva
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The casino has 849 slot machines, 41 table games, 3 poker tables and a race and sports book.
History
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Horse Racing Championship in
Reno, Nevada
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, winning this large event twice. Lund made a resurgence on the tournament circuit with two deep finishes at
World Poker Tour
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events in 2007. He finished in 20th place at the L.A. Poker Classic, and 15th place at the Bay 101 Shooting Star. He also cashed in the 2006 and 2007 WSOP Main Events and in the 2006 Five-Diamond World Poker Classic championship event.
His total live tournament winnings exceeded $2,900,000, with his 22 cashes at the WSOP accounting for $1,079,504 of those winnings.
Lund died November 6, 2009 in
Mound House, Nevada
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, at the age of 59, after a long battle with
cancer
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. Lund's gravesite and marker is located in the cemetery at
Dayton, Nevada
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History
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Hans Tuna Lund Dies at 59
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World Series of Poker bracelets
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1950 births
2009 deaths
American poker players
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
Super Bowl of Poker event winners
Sportspeople from Sparks, Nevada
Deaths from cancer in Nevada