Since Annette Obrestad won the WSOPE event in 2007 she has been in demand by media the world over.
At 19 years old she became the Guinness Book of Records holder as the youngest winner of a WSOP bracelet as well as becoming the youngest winner of a Main Event last year, while her £1m prize money saw her overtake Annie Duke for the record for a single-event payout to a female player.
The win catapulted Annette into poker stardom and having made plenty of money from the game with over $2.5m in the bank, she reveals that it is the lure of more of that famous poker wrist-candy that is fuelling her passion in the sport. Poker is truly a global game with over 100 countries represented at this year's WSOP (the Olympics has just over 80!!) The list is too long to mention but she has featured on the front page of the largest selling newspaper in Vegas, done TV interviews for Fox & Bluff and interviews for Swedish, Norwegian, UK, French and Danish titles to mention a few.
She continues to make news on and off the tablesSpeaking of her WSOPE win to the Casino City Times, Obrestad said: "It was an amazing experience. But now I want to win it again. I want more.Once you already have enough money where winning more won't really change your life, you play more for the bracelet," she added. "I want to let people know who I am. I want to establish a name for myself. That's why I play now."
Proud sponsors Betfair Poker were truly delighted when she walked away with the first prize and over 1million pounds. Many will be looking forward to watching Annette's defence of her title when the 2008 WSOPE begins on September 19.
Online, she’s won the PokerStars $100 rebuy on several occasions and took down the Sunday Mulligan on Full Tilt Poker in July for $51,000, nine months after winning it for a first time. In late August, she won the $200 buy-in $20,000 Guaranteed on Full Tilt Poker, padding her bankroll with another $35,000.
In an interview last August, Obrestad claims that she has never deposited money online. Instead, she built her bankroll up by cashing in freerolls. She also made waves in the online poker world by winning a $4 buy-in, 180 person sit and go tournament without looking at her cards.
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