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Melissa Hayden (poker player)
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Melissa Hayden is a professional poker
player.
As of 2008, Hayden's live tournament winnings exceed $890,000. Her biggest return to date was 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 was believed to have been his final poker game before dying days later.
Hayden resides in Las Vegas with boyfriend Allen Cunningham
.
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player.
As of 2008, Hayden's live tournament winnings exceed $890,000. Her biggest return to date was the 2000 World Series of Poker
2000 World Series of Poker
-Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 512 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.Ferguson had a 10 to 1 chip lead when starting his heads-up vs Cloutier. After a see-saw battle, Ferguson decided to call Cloutier's AQ all-in with his own A9...
limit Texas hold 'em
Texas hold 'em
Texas Hold 'em is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the dealer—a series of three then two additional single cards , with...
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
Stu Ungar
Stuart Errol "Stu" Ungar was a professional poker and gin rummy player, widely regarded to have been the greatest Texas hold 'em and gin rummy player of all time....
in a $5,000 heads-up match in what was believed to have been his final poker game before dying days later.
Hayden resides in Las Vegas with boyfriend Allen Cunningham
Allen Cunningham
Allen Cunningham is an American professional poker player.Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA before dropping out of school to play poker professionally. At the age of 18, he began playing at in Indian casinos...
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