Tuan Lam was born in Vietnam on New Years Day in 1966. At the age of 19 Lam immigrated to Canada. He now lives in the Toronto area where he plays poker professionally. Prior to turning pro, Lam worked for a metal company. Then, some friends taught him to play poker and the rest is in the history books.

In just three appearances at the WSOP he has made it all the way to a second place finish at the final table of the 2007 WSOP main event.  His prior cashes were 46th place in an event last year and 78th place in a WSOP tournament held in 2005. Lam is married and has two children.

Lam represented PokerStars at this year's WSOP.

The Final Table = Massive Payouts!

2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em (Event 55)

Buy-In: $10,000 ~~~~ Entries: 6,358 ~~~~ Rebuys/Add-ons: 0
Total Prize Pool: $59,784,954

Place ~~~ Player ~~~ Prize

1. Jerry Yang .... $8,250,000
2. Tuan Lam .... $4,840,981
3. Raymond Rahme .... $3,048,025
4. Alexander Kravchenko .... $1,852,721
5. Jon Kalmar .... $1,255,069
6. Hevad (RainKhan) Khan .... $956,243
7. Lee Childs $705,229 ....
8. Lee Watkinson .... $585,699
9. Phillip Hilm .... $525,934