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RIP Hans “Tuna” Lund
Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog —
The day before the November Nine return to conclude the World Series of Poker Main Event comes word from Matt Savage on the passing of poker veteran Hans “Tuna” Lund earlier this morning of cancer at the age of 59. Winner of two WSOP bracelets, along with two appearances at the WSOP Main Event final table (2nd - 1990 and 3rd - 1992). The 1990 final table featured a heads-up duel with Mansour Matloubi, culminating in one of the more dramatic hands in WSOP history (apologies in advance for the tacky promotion running along the bottom of the screen): ...
RIP Hans “Tuna” Lund
Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog —
The day before the November Nine return to conclude the World Series of Poker Main Event comes word from Matt Savage on the passing of poker veteran Hans “Tuna” Lund earlier this morning of cancer at the age of 59. Winner of two WSOP bracelets, along with two appearances at the WSOP Main Event final table (2nd - 1990 and 3rd - 1992). The 1990 final table featured a heads-up duel with Mansour Matloubi, culminating in one of the more dramatic hands in WSOP history (apologies in advance for the tacky promotion running along the bottom of the screen): ...
Hans “Tuna” Lund Musings
AimlesslyChasingAmy —
“You’ve got to have the heart of a lion — play fearless, don’t be afraid and, when you roar, they better back up.” - Hans “Tuna” Lund.
It was probably arrogance. But by early 2007, I figured I had met most all of the “old school” players who still had game. A lot of them never left poker. A few more of them straggled back after the boom, hoping for a comeback fueled by larger fields and prizepools. So I was a little surprised when John Caldwell said, “Well lookie there. It’s the Tuna.”
I had heard of Hans “Tuna” Lund. His dramatic heads-up hand ...
Muere Hans Lund, ganador de dos brazaletes de las WSOP
PokerGenio —
Muere Hans Lund, ganador de dos brazaletes de las WSOP hl Hans ‘Tunba’ Lund , un asiduo de las World Series of Poker y otros torneos durante más de dos décadas, desde 1980 hasta los años 2000, y que en 1990 ganó el Main Event, murió el viernes pasado, tras una larga batalla contra el cáncer. Tenía 59 años. Lund ganó su primer brazalete de las WSOP en 1978, jugando NL Hold’em y el segundo en 1996 jugando Ace-to-Five Draw también se llevó el Super Bowl of Poker en 1983, donde se hizo con $275.000. Su mayor premio conseguido llegó en el Main Event de las WSOP 1990, donde terminó en segundo lugar después de Mansour Matloubi. En total ganó más de $2,9 millones en torneos en su ...
