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{{Short description|Vietnamese-Canadian poker player (born 1966)}}
{{infobox poker player
|firstname=Tuan
|lastname=Lam
|nickname=
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1966|01|01}}
|birth_place = [[Vietnam]]
|image=Tuan Lam.jpg
|caption=Lam at the [[2007 World Series of Poker]]
|hometown=Mississauga
|wsop bracelet count=''None''
|wsop money finishes=3
|wsop main event best finish rank=2nd
|wsop main event best finish year=2007
|multi-year wsop winner
|wpt titles=
|wpt final tables=
|wpt money finishes=
|last updated=2009-07-11
}}
'''Tuan Lam''' (born January 1, 1966) is a [[Vietnamese Canadian|Vietnamese-Canadian]] professional [[poker]] player from [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. Lam left Vietnam at age 17, ending up in an Indonesian refugee camp for two years where he learned English before making his way to Canada. Prior to turning professional, Lam worked as a general laborer for a metal company. He is now divorced and remarried with a third child.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Player Bio - Tuan-Lam |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/players/bio/Tuan-Lam/15754 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031104616/http://www.cardplayer.com/players/bio/Tuan-Lam/15754 |archive-date=October 31, 2007 |access-date=2008-04-26 |website=CardPlayer.com}}</ref>
Lam made the final table of the [[2007 World Series of Poker#Main Event|2007 World Series of Poker Main Event]], outlasting a field of 6,358 players and finishing second to [[Jerry Yang (poker player)|Jerry Yang]]. His finish earned him [[US Dollar|$]]4,840,981. Prior to the Main Event, he had two previous cashes in the World Series, one in [[2006 World Series of Poker|2006]] and the other in [[2005 World Series of Poker|2005]]. His 3 cashes at the WSOP have netted him a total of $4,851,424 in earnings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tuan Lam |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=4700 |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=WSOP.com |archive-date=2023-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610042956/https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=4700 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tuan Lam's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=46424 |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125200208/https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=46424 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Lam is a cash game player, playing $200/$400 limit hold'em games online. He was regularly seen at Brantford Charity Casino in [[Brantford, Ontario]], but now plays at the [[Bellagio (resort)|Bellagio]]. Lam had disappeared from the poker scene, returned to Vietnam and was involved in various charity work there. He participated in the [[2014 World Series of Poker]] and admits he lost some of his 2007 WSOP winnings online.<ref name="poke_Wher">{{Cite web| title = Where Are They Now: 2007 World Series of Poker Runner-Up Tuan Lam| author = Holloway, Chad| work = PokerNews| date = 2014-08-07| accessdate = 2015-02-25| url = http://www.pokernews.com/news/2014/08/where-are-they-now-2007-wsop-tuan-lam-18957.htm| archive-date = 2015-02-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150225100025/http://www.pokernews.com/news/2014/08/where-are-they-now-2007-wsop-tuan-lam-18957.htm| url-status = live}}</ref>
== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/15754-tuan-lam Card Player profile]
*[http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=46424 Hendon Mob profile]
*[https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=4700 WSOP profile]
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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Canadian poker players]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Mississauga]]
[[Category:Vietnamese emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Vietnamese poker players]]
[[Category:World Series of Poker Main Event final tablists]]
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