Judah the Deck Whisperer
Mel Judah raised to 32,000 from the small blind, and slowly Martin Kozlov made it 66,000 in the big blind. Judah moved all in for 282,000 total, and Kozlov snap-called.
Judah:
Kozlov:
"Good luck, Mel," Kozlov said. Judah had just finished sincerely praising Kozlov's command of the final table, and Kozlov seemed like he really meant it. Well, maybe not quite literally.
The in the door got a murmur from both. "Need a club!" Judah said, looking at the flop without concern. The dealer brought him the . "And another one," Judah requested. And there it was. The on the river.
Mel Judah went runner-runner to make the nut flush and double up through Kozlov's set of queens. He's up to 460,000 after grinding 10-15 big blinds all afternoon. Kozlov is still the chip leader with 1.2 million.