Annette Obrestad

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Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad (2019)
Annette Obrestad (2019)
  Personal information  
Date of birth September 18, 1988
place of birth NorwayNorway Sandnes
Nickname The Huntress
Nicknames
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Annette_15PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker & UltimateBet

LUCKBOXAGEAbsolute poker

Annette__15partypoker
place of residence NorwayNorway Sandnes
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 2,013,733
Total prize money $ 3,942,233
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 13
Best main event 89th ( 2013 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 2
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 4th
Last updated: May 26, 2020

Annette Obrestad (born September 18, 1988 in Sandnes ) is a Norwegian web video producer and former professional poker player . At the beginning of 2007 she was the only woman to date to be number one in the online poker world rankings . In September 2007, she won the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe , making her the youngest person to win a bracelet .

Poker career

Obrestad at the EPT in Dublin (2007)

On-line

Obrestad was 15 years old when her poker career began. According to her own reports, she never deposited any money herself and built her starting bankroll by playing freerolls . Between September 2006 and February 2007 Obrestad won online under the nickname Annette_15 over 500,000 US dollars on PokerStars , $ 200,000 on UltimateBet and 136,000 dollars on Full Tilt Poker . 2006 it was on PokerStars at the main event of the World Championship of Online Poker Seventh. Obrestad then stated in a blog that he had not played himself. In July 2007 she won a sit and go with 180 participants in which she had not looked at her cards except once when she was put all-in . She did this to show how important it was to play your position and your opponents.

Overall, Obrestad's online poker tournament revenue is over $ 2.5 million. For eleven weeks from January 31 to April 18, 2007, she was the first and so far only woman to be number one in the PocketFives ranking, which lists the most successful online poker tournament players worldwide.

live

On September 17, 2007 - the day before her 19th birthday - Obrestad won the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe in London . With this win of one million British pounds , which at the time was the equivalent of around two million US dollars, she set a new record for the largest tournament win by a female player, replacing Annie Duke . Obrestad came in November 2007, her second victory in a major live tournament close as they for almost 300,000 euros in the Main Event of the Poker Tour European (EPT) in Dublin was second after most of the time chip leader was at the final table.

Overall, Obrestad has earned almost four million US dollars with poker in live tournaments and is behind Felix Stephensen in second place among the most successful Norwegian poker players and as the most successful European poker player in sixth place among the most successful women in terms of tournament prize money . Obrestad was a member of Team Betfair and wrote a blog for their site.

Youtube channel

Obrestad has been running the YouTube channel Annette's Makeup Corner since 2018 , which focuses on cosmetics and currently has over 35,000 subscribers. There she also speaks in some videos about her poker career, which has now ended.

Web links

Commons : Annette Obrestad  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James Hipwell: Annette_15 Tops The PokerStars TLB ( Memento from June 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English).
  2. ↑ James Hipwell: Player Focus: Annette_15 ( Memento of July 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English).
  3. ↑ Online Poker: Interview With Annette 'Annette_15' Obrestad , Cardplayer Magazine, August 12, 2007, accessed September 16, 2007.
  4. ↑ Annette_15 in the PocketFives database, accessed on November 9, 2017 (English).
  5. ↑ # 1 Ranked Players in the PocketFives database, accessed on November 9, 2017.
  6. ↑ Live reporting of EPT Dublin , pokernews.com (English).
  7. ↑ Annette Obrestad in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 7, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ Women's All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 26, 2017.
  9. ↑ Ciaffone, Bob. Euro Poker: Annette_15 Joins Team Betfair , Cardplayer Magazine, September 13, 2007, accessed September 16, 2007.
  10. ↑ Annette's Makeup Corner. Retrieved December 21, 2019 .
  11. ↑ You asked, I answered! | Annette-mas 2019 Q&A. December 20, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  12. ↑ 3 Looks 3 Destinations | Very chatty ... lol | Collab with Melissa Gold. June 12, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Obrestad, Annette
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Annette_15 (nickname); LUCKBOXAGE (nickname); Annette__15 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian poker player and web video producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandnes , Norway