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Melanie Weisner 
Melanie Weisner at the Main Event of the 2010 EPT BarcelonaNickname(s) Callisto 5 Hometown Houston, Texas World Series of Poker Bracelet(s) None Money finish(es) 6 Highest ITM
Main Event finishNone European Poker Tour Title(s) None Final table(s) None Money finish(es) 3 Melanie Weisner (born September 30, 1986) is an American professional poker player. She is also known by her PokerStars online screen name Callisto 5.[1]
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Poker
Online poker
Born in Houston, Texas, Weisner studied vocal performance at New York University before pursuing poker full time. She was introduced to poker when her brother had success playing online.[2] She earned over $400,000 of online tournament winnings playing part-time during her study at NYU.[3]
She has had several notable online tournament wins. On March 30, 2009, she took third out of 10,614 entrants for $40,000 in the Pokerstars Turbo Takedown, a tournament with an entry fee of frequent player points with a prize pool of $1,000,000.[4] On May 16, 2010, she took second out of 8,896 entrants in Full Tilt Poker's Double Deuce 200k Guaranteed Tournament, for $24,000.[5] On August 2, 2010, she took third in the Pokerstars Sunday $500 "500k Guaranteed" Tournament for $50,398.[6]
In addition to multi-table tournaments, she is also a heads-up sit-and-go tournament specialist. She hosted the heads-up event in Full Tilt Poker's FTOPS XVII.[7]
She is a contributor to the online poker radio show Cold Call hosted by Bryan Micon, Brandon Gerson and Adam Schoenfeld.
European Poker Tour
Six months after graduating in May 2009, Weisner began to travel the live circuit. In December 2009, she qualified online for the European Poker Tour in Prague and won the Ladies Championship event there for €3100 ($4,646).[8] She subsequently final tabled the same events at both EPT Deauville and EPT San Remo, entering with the chiplead at both of the final tables in both events and taking 4th and 6th respectively. She then won the €1,000 Ladies Championship at the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo for €25,000 ($33,282), after being atop the leaderboard of the Main Event for three days and finishing in 71st for €25,000.[9] She is the only player to ever win two EPT Ladies Championship events. In August 2010 she finished 2nd in the Partouche Poker Tour's Heads Up event for $32,994.[10] In December 2010 she took 12th in the EPT Prague main event for €30,000 ($43, 035). [11] In May 2011 she chipleaded the EPT Grand Final in Madrid before finishing in 42nd for €25,000. [12][13]
World Series of Poker
At the 2010 World Series of Poker, she finished tied for 18th for $18,420 in the $10,000 No-Limit Heads-Up Championship event, losing to Vanessa Rousso in the fourth round.[14] She finished 56th for $11,607 in a $2500 no-limit event with a field of 1,942 players.[15]
At the 2011 World Series of Poker, she finished 14th in a $1500 No-Limit event for $24,679,[16] one of her five cashes at the WSOP. This made her woman with the highest number of cashes at the 2011 series. She ranked tied for 15th overall in the 2011 WSOP Number of Cashes rankings.[17]
At the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe, she finished 33rd for €27,500 ($39,500) in the Main Event after chipleading the event on day 3. [18]
Rankings
As of 2011, her total live tournament winnings exceed $395,000.[19]
She is ranked #106th on the Global Poker Index, which ranks the top 300 live tournament players in the world. [20]
She is currently ranked 42nd on the Women's All Time Money list. [21]
Television
Weisner was featured on "Idol Week" of NBC's Poker After Dark in 2011. The episode was a $50,000 buy-in, winner-take-all tournament and featured Tom Dwan, Doyle Brunson, Annette Obrestad, Eric Baldwin, and Andrew Lichtenberger. She took third place, losing to the eventual winner, Dwan. [22]
Weisner is featured on Late Night Poker's upcoming season for 2011, competing in a $10,000 buy-in sit-and-go tournament. [23]
References
- ^ Swains, Howard. (2009-12-01) EPT Prague: Deeb meet Weisner, Weisner meet Deeb. Pokerstarsblog.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ Full Tilt Pro Melanie Weisner. Fulltiltpoker.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ Official Poker Rankings for Callisto 5. Officialpokerrankings.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ Aydt, David. (2009-03-30) AL-AL66 gets all the chips in March $1 Million Turbo Takedown. Pokerstarsblog.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ Super Poker Sunday 05/16. Pokerworks.com (2010-05-17). Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ Pokerlistings Sunday Tournament Report. Pokerlistings.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ FTOPS XVII Schedule. Fulltiltpoker.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ Jan Skampa wins biggest poker tournament ever held in Czech Republic. PokerStars.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ EPT6 Monte Carlo Grand Final. pokerstars.net
- ^ Melanie Weisner runner-up in Heads Up. partouchepokertour.com. 7 September 2010
- ^ Live Reporting | 2010 EPT Prague | Main Event. PokerNews. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ EPT Grand Final: 2011 Melanie Weisner. PokerNews. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ Live Reporting | 2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid | Main Event. PokerNews (2011-05-11). Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ Weisner Flushed By Rousso. Pokernews.com (2010-06-19). Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em. pokernews.com 2010
- ^ Live Reporting | 2011 World Series of Poker | Event #38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em | Melanie Weisner Eliminated in 14th Place ($24,679). PokerNews (2011-06-25). Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ WSOP 2011 Number of Cashes, Top 5577: Hendon Mob Poker Database. Pokerdb.thehendonmob.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ [1] Weisner busts in 33rd
- ^ Melanie Weisner. Pokerpages.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ [2]
- ^ Women's All Time Money List. Pokerdb.thehendonmob.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ Melanie Weisner – Poker on NBC- NBC Sports. Nbcsports.msnbc.com (2011-07-02). Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ^ Coral Late Night poker – Poker Hendon Mob. Thehendonmob.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
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