Annette Obrestad

Annette “Annette_15″ Obrestad (born September 18, 1988) is a Norwegian poker player. Obrestad is the youngest person to ever win a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and is considered be one of the best online multi-table tournament players in the world.

Poker

Online poker

Annette Obrestad started her poker career online when she was only fifteen years old using the online screen-name “Annette_15″, she claims she never had to deposit money on any online poker site, Instead she made her initial online bankroll by winning freeroll poker tournaments from which she went on to amass several hundred thousand dollars in winnings; between September 2006 and February 2007, she won over $500,000 on Pokerstars, $200,000 on UltimateBet, and $136,000 on Full Tilt Poker. Due to her success Pocketfives.com, a site that tracks online poker, ranks her in the top 10 as of October 2007; she also has been the site’s top-ranked player in the past.

She played primarily on UltimateBet and PokerStars. In 2006, as “Annette_15″ she finished in 7^th place on PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker’s $2500 main event. This seventh place finish turned into a minor controversy when Obrestad admitted on a poker blog that she let somebody else play for her, she has also been part of the development for Pokermanager.com.

In July 2007, Obrestad won a 180 person online sit-and-go where she played the entire tournament without looking at her cards, except one time when she faced an all-in bet. She did this to show, “just how important it is to play position and to pay attention to the players at the table.”

World Series of Poker

On September 17, 2007 Obrestad won the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe Main Event the day before her 19th birthday. By winning the one million-pound sterling (US$2.01 million at the time of the event) first prize she edged the record for a single-event payout to a female player set previously by poker professional Annie Duke when she won $2 million at the 2004 Tournament of Champions. Prior to the 2007 WSOPE, Obrestad had only cashed in four other live poker tournaments.

European Poker Tour

Obrestad came close to winning her second major live title in November of 2007, finishing in second place earning €297,800 ($431,184) at the 2007 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Dublin event to Reuben Peters, after holding the chip lead throughout most of the final table.

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

World Series of Poker Bracelets

As of 2007, her total live tournament winnings exceed $2,400,000. Obrestad is currently second only to poker professional Thor Hansen among Norwegian poker players in the all-time money list in live tournaments.

Annette is truly an amazing poker player dispite her age. For more information on Annette Obrestad go to her blog at: Betfair