Mel
Judah, Seat 3
Mel Judah is a well-known tournament specialist from Australia.
Mel has been on the International poker tournament circuit longer
than we can remember. He bought in to the tournament for $8,000
and made the final table with $23,000 in chips. This was the second
smallest stack and he knew he needed to make a hand quickly. Unfortunately
for Mel, the first hand of the final table he picked up pocket sixes
and went broke on them. It was clear that he was not playing for
anything other than first place. Mel has a nice family with his
wife Patricia, and children Mark, 24, and Tana, 21. His favorite
places to play poker are Los Angeles and Russia. He has two World
Series of Poker bracelets, both in seven-card stud. The most money
Mel has ever won in poker was in 1997 when he finished in third
place in the Championship event at the WSOP to Stu Unger and he
took home $370,000. When asked his thoughts about the PartyPoker
Million he said "This is something very different from the
normal poker tournament and is very exciting for more people to
come into poker." Next photo | Return to Gallery Photo © 2002, Jan Fisher |