Melissa Hayden (poker player)

Melissa Hayden
Melissa Hayden
	Melissa Hayden at the 2006 World Series of Poker.
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. 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.^[2]^[3]

Hayden resides in Las Vegas with her boyfriend, Allen Cunningham.

Notes[]

^ Hendon Mob tournament results
^ 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.
^ Pokernews.com: Sexton's Corner, Vol. 22: Stu Ungar's Final Journey, Part 1

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[1] Hendon Mob tournament results

[2] 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.

[3] Pokernews.com: Sexton's Corner, Vol. 22: Stu Ungar's Final Journey, Part 1

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