On Nov. 6, after a long battle with cancer, poker legend Hans "Tuna" Lund passed away at his home in Moundhouse, NV, aged 59.

His given name was Hans James Lund. Though the family called him Jimmy, the poker world knew him as Tuna. During one game an unknown player at the table said, "You are a fish, not a big tuna." Lund wanted to be considered a fish at the table, and so the name stuck. "Shark" would have been a more apt description for the way he ate up his opponents.

Matt Keikoan-who won his first gold bracelet at the 2008 World Series of Poker-won Harvey's Lake Tahoe 2009 WSOP circuit championship, collecting $106,435 for his victory, and now has nearly $1.2 in career winnings in WSOP related tournaments.

When final table play began, the chip leader was poker pro and fellow former WSOP Gold bracelet winner David Woo. The top two finishers, including Keikoan, began as short stacks, starting off in sixth and seventh places, respectively. Woo did not fare well, ultimately finishing in seventh place.

The 2009 Foxwoods World Poker Finals $10,000 no-limit championship became a showdown between the two initial final table chip leaders, with Texas poker pro Cornel Andrew Cimpan winning $910,058, along with the championship trophy, commemorative leather jacket, and a $25,500 entry to the World Poker Tour in Las Vegas.

The final table got underway just after 4 p.m., and heads-up action commenced seven hours later, at 11 p.m. Play went back and forth for two hours, with Cornel Cimpan and Soheil Shamseddin of Houston, TX sweating-out three all-in showdowns during their
battle.

For the serious player, poker is war. The truly dedicated player is willing to bust anyone-friend, lover, relative, elderly grandmother on a pension-to get ahead in a poker game.

When 21-year-old online poker phenom Joe Cada became the youngest person ever to win the poker's largest, longest-running, richest, and most prestigious tournament, he did so in a manner that set the poker world on its ear. With skill and huge portions of luck, he went the verge of elimination to chip leader going into heads-up competition with Darvin Moon.

I don't like to talk much about patience, because I tend to fidget when I'm bored. Nevertheless, patience can be important in poker, just as Uncle George probably told you. And today's self-interview deals with that, possibly in ways you're not expecting. Here's the first question...

Question 1: Is patience the most important discipline needed to win at poker?

Muckleshoot Casino has a great selection of tournaments to choose from. In addition to their nightly 7 p.m. event that offers 10,000 chips for a $65 buy-in, Muckleshoot also offers a $225 buy-in no-limit tournament at noon on the second Sunday of each month. With a sold out tournament of 140 players the prize pool of $28,000 will be paid to the top 20 players. Players receive 10,000 in starting chips and play 30 minute levels. During play a drawing will be held to award a free entry to the tournament for the following month.