Melissa Hayden (poker player)

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Melissa Hayden
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Melissa Hayden at the 2006 World Series of Poker.
ResidenceBrooklyn, 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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References

  1. ↑ "Melissa Hayden's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  2. ↑ "31st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2000, Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  3. ↑ Goodson, Deanna (December 29, 2007). "Top Ten Lady Poker Players of 2007 – Melissa Hayden". chicksnchips.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2008.
  4. ↑ Sexton, Tom (December 10, 2007). "Sexton's Corner, Vol. 22: Stu Ungar's Final Journey, Part 1". PokerNews.com. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
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