Annette Obrestad (born 18 September 1988) is a Norwegian

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and

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player. She is the youngest person to ever win a

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, which she accomplished at the

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(WSOPE). She also runs a YouTube channel called Annette's Makeup Corner where she posts makeup tutorials and reviews, specializing in eyeshadow.

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

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site, instead making her initial online bankroll by winning freeroll poker tournaments. Between September 2006 and February 2007, she won over $500,000 on Pokerstars, $200,000 on UltimateBet, and $136,000 on

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. Pocketfives.com, a site that tracks

, ranked her number 51 in 2008. She also has been the site's top-ranked player in the past. In July 2007, Obrestad won a $4 buy-in 180 person online sit-and-go where she claims to have played almost the entire tournament without looking at her cards. She has said she peeked at her cards once during the tournament, when she was faced with 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." On 2 March 2008 she won first place and $20,000 in the Stars Sunday Hundred Grand, a tournament with a buy-in of only $11 but with a field of 20,000 players. On 8 June 2008, she won first place and $35,000 in the Betfair Sunday $125k GTD Event. In December 2008 she won first place in the Ultimate Bet $100k GTD tournament. In May 2010, she won the Sunday 500 for $87,400. Oberstad previously allied with the

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poker room and Full Tilt Poker. On 24 April 2012, she signed with Lock Poker.

World Series of Poker Europe

On 17 September 2007 Obrestad won the inaugural

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Main Event the day before her 19th birthday. By winning the one million-

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( 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

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when she won $2 million at the 2004 Tournament of Champions, which was an invitational event. Prior to the 2007 WSOPE, Obrestad had only cashed in four other live poker tournaments. Obrestad currently holds second place among Norwegian poker players in the all-time money list in live tournaments. An "E" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker Europe.

European Poker Tour

Obrestad came close to winning her second major live title in November 2007, finishing in second place earning €297,800 ($431,184) at the 2007

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to Reuben Peters, after holding the chip lead throughout most of the final table. , her total live tournament winnings exceeded $3.9 million.World Series of Poker Earnings
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Obrestad, Annette 1988 births Norwegian poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners World Series of Poker Europe Main Event winners Female poker players Living people People from Sandnes People from Rogaland Place of birth missing (living people)