Melissa Hayden | |
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Residence | Brooklyn, New York |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelet(s) | None |
Money finish(es) | 11 |
Highest ITM Main Event finish | 476th, 2006 |
World Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | None |
Final table(s) | 1 |
Money finish(es) | 4 |
Melissa Hayden is a professional poker player.
As of 2016, Hayden's live tournament winnings exceed $850,000. [1] Her biggest return to date was at the 2000 World Series of Poker limit Texas hold 'em event, where she finished in second place, winning $142,000. [2] She placed fifth in the WPT Ladies' Night V Tournament at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, on September 1, 2007. Hayden once beat world champion Stu Ungar in a $5,000 heads-up match in what is believed to have been his final poker game before dying days later. [3] [4]
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