| Melissa Hayden | |
| Hometown: | Brooklyn, New York |
| Wsop Bracelet Count: | None |
| Wsop Money Finishes: | 11 |
| Wsop Main Event Best Finish Rank: | 476th |
| Wsop Main Event Best Finish Year: | 2006 |
| Wpt Titles: | None |
| Wpt Final Tables: | 1 |
| Wpt Money Finishes: | 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]