Annette Obrestad Biography
Annette Obrestad began her poker game playing at the tender age of fifteen through online playing. Her mother would not allow her to use a credit card in order to start playing in some of the more prestigious online tournaments, so Annette started playing the free tournaments and after time was able to make around nine dollars in order to invest into her poker playing. That nine dollars was able to be turned into a million dollars after some time, showing that even those who have nothing can turn it into something.
Annette is one of the most feared players to come up against when playing online. She has won several tournaments and once even won a tournament by only looking at her cards once throughout the whole game. The young lady has talent that much is for sure and something that most professionals find very appealing for the young lady.
In 2007, Annette sat in on her first live game since she was finally at the age of eighteen, which was the legal age to enter tournaments in Europe. Annette came up against 362 players at the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. Many of those that had been in the field for years were impressed by her playing skills and level of expertise that she had at such a young age. Though she started off slow in the game, she immediately started to impress and finally made it to the final table with the best that Europe had to offer. She ended up taking home the prize money of, which is around two million US dollars, as well as having the honor of being the youngest player to even win and the first woman to ever win the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. Hence, she had made her legacy in the history of poker through this one game.
After her winnings at the main event, the public started to take notice of Annette. She began to endorse Betfair. She also started to play in other notable tournaments throughout the world, minus those that are in the United States, since the legal gambling age is twenty-one in most areas in the US. However, at all of these events she did well, winning around $430,000, however nothing has matched the winnings that she won that the Series poker game in Europe.
Annette has made it known that she prefers to play in tournaments since the money is usually better than just playing in the cash games that take place everywhere. Most professionals in the poker world that follow world class players are eager to see Annette play in the United States when she turns twenty-one. They are wondering how well she will be when placed up against some of the best that the United States has to offer. However, since she is only 20 now, and has already cleared over two million in her short poker life, most people are betting that she will also take the United States poker tournaments by storm as well.