Melanie Weisner

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Melanie Weisner
Melanie Weisner (2016)
Melanie Weisner (2016)
  Personal information  
Date of birth September 30, 1986
place of birth United StatesUnited States Houston
Nickname
Callisto 5PokerStars
place of residence United StatesUnited States New York City
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 51,820
Total prize money $ 879,719
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 34
Best main event 127th ( 2016 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 2
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 6th
Last updated: March 8, 2020

Melanie Weisner (born September 30, 1986 in Houston , Texas ) is a professional American poker player .

Personal

Weisner earned a bachelor's degree in musicology from New York University . It works at the radio show cold call the transmitter NWP Radio with. Weisner lives in New York City .

Poker career

Weisner learned poker from her brother. From July 2006 to October 2016, she played online under the nickname Callisto 5 , earning more than 750,000 US dollars on the PokerStars platform . Since 2009 she has also participated in renowned live tournaments.

At the end of April 2010, Weisner cashed for the first time at the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) and received prize money of 25,000 euros for her 71st place . A few days later, she won the EPT women's event with a prize of 23,000 euros. In June 2010 Weisner was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and cashed in at the Heads-Up Championship in the No Limit Hold'em variant . In mid-December 2010 she finished twelfth out of 563 players at the EPT main event and was paid out with 30,000 euros. At the 2011 WSOP , she made the money five times. Weisner earned her highest prize money to date at the end of April 2012 when she only had to admit defeat to Victoria Coren Mitchell at the EPT in Monte-Carlo at the heads-up event and received almost 40,000 euros for this success. At the 2013 WSOP , Weisner was successful for the first time in the main event , where he finished 301st for over $ 30,000. When the main event of the World Series of Poker in 2016 she reached the fifth day of the tournament and ended the event on the 127th space for nearly 50,000 dollars.

In total, Weisner earned almost a million dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Melanie Weisner  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Melanie Weisner in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on October 21, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ Callisto 5 in the PocketFives database, accessed on October 21, 2016 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c Melanie Weisner in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 21, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ EPT - 6 - Grand Final (€ 10,000 + 600 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 21, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ EPT - 6 - Grand Final (€ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Women's Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 21, 2016 (English).
  6. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Heads Up Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ EPT - 7 - Prague (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 21, 2016 (English).
  8. ↑ EPT - 8 - Grand Final (€ 5,000 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - Heads-Up) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 21, 2016 (English).
  9. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 21, 2016.
  10. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event # 68)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 21, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Weisner, Melanie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Callisto 5 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas , United States