Annette Obrestad

Annette " Annette_15 " Obrestad ( born September 18, 1988 in Sandnes, Norway) is a Norwegian poker player.

Obrestad is the youngest person who has ever won a World Series of Poker ( WSOPEurope ) bracelet. She is considered one of the best online tournament players in the world.

Online Poker

Annette Obrestad was 15 years old when her poker career began. According to their reports, they 've never even paid money and built their starting bankroll by playing freerolls.

In the period between September 2006 and February 2007, she won over $ 500,000 on PokerStars, $ 200,000 to UltimateBet and $ 136,000 on Full Tilt Poker. Today, it plays mostly at Betfair Poker where they offer their own tournaments.

In 2006, she was seventh in the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker's $ 2500 main event. This seventh place caused a stir when Obrestad admitted in a blog not to have played itself.

In July 2007, Obrestad won an online Sit and Go tournament with 180 participants. She has not looked at their cards until a single time when it was all-in set. She did this to show how important it is to play his position and the opponent.

Live Tournaments

Overall, their profits exceed $ 2.5 million in live tournaments.

Obrestad is therefore currently the first in the all-time live tournament winnings Norwegian player ranking before Thor Hansen.

World Series of Poker

On September 17, 2007 - the day before her 19th birthday - Obrestad won the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. With this profit of £ 1,000,000 (U.S. $ 2.01 million at that time) they set a new record for the largest tournament win of a female player, sparking Annie Duke ( $ 2 million at the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions ) from.

Before the WSOPE Annette Obrestad ended already four times in the money in big live poker tournaments.

European Poker Tour

Obrestad came in November 2007, their second victory in a major live tournament near when she was 2 for € 297,800 at EPT Dublin after she was most of the time chip leader at the final table.

Obrestad is a member of Team Betfair and writes a blog for their site.

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