36 Facts About Melanie Weisner

Melanie Weisner was born on September 30,1986 and is an American professional poker player.

Melanie Weisner is known by her PokerStars online screen name Callisto 5.

Melanie Weisner was introduced to poker when her brother had success playing online.

Melanie Weisner earned over $400,000 of online tournament winnings playing part-time during her study at NYU.

On May 16,2010, Melanie Weisner finished second out of 8,896 entrants in Full Tilt Poker's Double Deuce 200k Guaranteed Tournament, for $24,000.

On November 18,2012, Melanie Weisner took fifth place in the same tournament for $20,034.

Melanie Weisner hosted the heads-up event in Full Tilt Poker's FTOPS XVII.

Melanie Weisner is a contributor to the online poker radio show Cold Call hosted by Bryan Micon, Brandon Gerson and Adam Schoenfeld.

Six months after graduating in May 2009, Melanie Weisner began to travel the live circuit.

Melanie Weisner is the only player to ever win two EPT Ladies Championship events.

In season 8, Melanie Weisner cashed three EPT main events consecutively.

Melanie Weisner was defeated by Victoria Coren in the first ever all-female heads up final on the European Poker Tour.

Melanie Weisner won Player of the Year for Season 8.

At the 2010 World Series of Poker, Melanie Weisner 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.

Melanie Weisner finished 56th for $11,607 in a $2500 no-limit event with a field of 1,942 players.

At the 2011 World Series of Poker, Melanie Weisner finished 14th in a $1500 No-Limit event for $24,679, one of her five cashes at the WSOP.

Melanie Weisner ranked tied for 15th overall in the 2011 WSOP Number of Cashes rankings.

At the 2012 World Series of Poker, Melanie Weisner cashed three times.

Melanie Weisner finished 57th in the $1500 Ante-Only event for $4,044.

Melanie Weisner won her first shootout tables in both the $1500 and $3000 shootouts, cashing for $5,295 and $9,086 respectively, being the only person to do so at the 2012 WSOP.

At the 2013 World Series of Poker, Melanie Weisner cashed four times.

Melanie Weisner finished tied for 16th in the $10,000 No-Limit Heads-Up Championship event for $26,237.

Melanie Weisner finished 301st in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold-Em Championship Main Event, cashing for $32,242.

Melanie Weisner finished 21st in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold-em event for $22,309 after chipleading the tournament.

Melanie Weisner finished 26th in the $1,000 Ladies Event for $4,613.

At the 2016 World Series of Poker, Melanie Weisner cashed five times, marking 25 total cashes in the WSOP to date.

Melanie Weisner chip led the event during days 3 and 4, marking the first time a woman has been chip leader of the WSOP Main Event.

At the 2021 World Series of Poker, Melanie Weisner cashed seven times, with her best finish being 17th in the $1500 six-handed event for $17,141.

At the 2022 World Series of Poker, Melanie Weisner cashed six times, marking 49 total cashes in the WSOP to date.

At the 2012 World Poker Tour in Johannesburg, South Africa, Melanie Weisner claimed her first major title, taking down the $1,000 no-limit six-max event for $41,289, defeating former EPT champion Lucien Cohen heads-up.

Melanie Weisner was featured on "Idol Week" of NBC's Poker After Dark in 2011.

Melanie Weisner took third place, losing to the eventual winner, Dwan.

Melanie Weisner is featured on Late Night Poker's 2011 season, taking third place in the $10,000 shoot-out tournament.

Melanie Weisner is featured on Season V in the playoffs for the Party Poker Premier League, a $10,000 shoot-out tournament where the winner receives a $100,000 entry to the Premier League format tournament.

Melanie Weisner finished second in the tournament, losing to Ben Wilinofsky heads-up.

Melanie Weisner is featured on "Femme Fatale" of Poker After Dark in 2018.