Mel Judah

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Mel Judah
Mel Judah (2006)
Mel Judah (2006)
  Personal information  
Date of birth October 8, 1947
place of birth IndiaIndia Calcutta
Nickname The Silver Fox
place of residence United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 579,375
Total prize money $ 3,646,730
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 46
Best main event 3rd ( 1997 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 1
Cashes 3
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 2
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 2
Last updated: March 29, 2020

Mel Judah (born October 8, 1947 in Calcutta , India ) is a professional Australian poker player who lives in London . He is nicknamed The Silver Fox and two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Personal

At the age of 14, Judah watched his father play the variant of Five Card Draw and thus learned to play poker. Prior to his poker career, Judah worked as a hairdresser and says it would help him understand the psychology of other poker players.

Poker career

Career

At the beginning of his career he secured a bracelet at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas when he won a tournament in Seven Card Stud in 1989 . At the 1997 WSOP , he secured his second bracelet in the same variant . That year he also reached the final table of the WSOP Main Event , finishing in around 370,000 US dollars for third place. At the beginning of September 2003 the main event of the World Poker Tour in Los Angeles won and secured around 580,000 US dollars. At the 2006 Poker Million , he made the final table and finished fourth. Judah was President of the independent poker tour European Poker Masters , produced by the Poker Channel . The tour only took place in 2006 and had stops in London, Vienna , Paris and Dublin . At the 2013 WSOP , Judah finished runner-up in a Pot Limit Omaha Hi / Lo event for over $ 170,000.

Overall, Judah has earned over $ 3.5 million in poker playing live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
1989 1500 Seven-Card Stud 218 130,800
1997 5000 Seven-Card Stud 088 176,000

Web links

Commons : Mel Judah  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ European Poker Masters in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi / Lo (Event # 46)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ Mel Judah in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 16, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Judah, Mel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The Silver Fox (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Calcutta , India