New Poker Adventures for Annette

Date: Sat, May 1, 2010 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

After more than two-and-a-half years as part of the Betfair poker team, Annette Obrestad will soon be moving on as she pursues her already wildly successful career on the professional poker circuit. Just weeks away from her first ever World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Obrestad looks to build on an already impressive resume of tourney wins and deep finishes as she enters this next exciting phase of her poker career.

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Annette prepares for her first WSOP

Date: Mon, Apr 26, 2010 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

Ever since 2007 when Annette Obrestad won the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe Main Event at the ripe old age of 18-years old the poker world has been tingling with anticipation at the thought of the young Norweigian taking to the felt at the WSOP in Las Vegas. Now aged 21-years old, the legal gambling age in "Sin City", Miss Obrestad is preparing to take on the world at the upcoming 2010 World Series of Poker.

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Vote for Annette for the Tournament of Champions

Date: Tue, Mar 16, 2010 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

In just over two months the 2010 World Series of Poker begins and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. In order to drum up some publicity Harrah's. Owners of the WSOP brand, have announced there will be an all-star Tournament of Champions that will be televised on American sports network, ESPN.

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Annette to play in Women's World Poker Open

Date: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

The fourth annual Women's World Open takes place in London on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 March and will see 24 of the world's best female players take to the felt, including Betfair's very own Annette Obrestad.

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Annette knocked out of NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

Date: Sun, Mar 7, 2010 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

Despite two TV feature table appearances and two victories Annette Obrestad is out of the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship after being beaten by poker legend Doyle Brunson in the round of 16.

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Obrestad does Orel to set up Hellmuth clash

Date: Sat, Mar 6, 2010 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

Betfair Pro Annette Obrestad is through to the last 32 of the 2010 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship and will face Phil Hellmuth after beating the former baseball player Orel Hershiser in the opening round of the popular tournament.

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Annette in deep run at EPT Copenhagen

Date: Fri, Feb 19, 2010 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

Betfair sponsored pro Annette Obrestad managed yet another deep run in a major tournament but this time had to endure the disappointment of narrowly missing out on the money places at EPT Copenhagen.

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Annette confirmed for NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship

Date: Wed, Feb 17, 2010 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

The sixth season of the NBC Nation Heads-Up Championship will take place at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas between March 4-7 and Annette Obrestad will be one of the 64 stars taking part.

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Don't play fancy against the fish!

Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

Finally made it to the Bahamas for the PCA despite a frustrating time at Miami airport. After here I'm off to the Aussie Millions in Melbourne. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to send some tweets on my Twitter account but can't promise being the lazy girl I am:)

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Putting on the pressure

Date: Fri, Oct 30, 2009 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

I find a lot of value in piling pressure on your opponents in the early stages of tournaments when the blinds are small and most people are playing way too tight, because that's when people are looking to avoid pressure.

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WSOPE Updates

Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2009 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

Two events down at the WSOPE and no cashes! Event 1 was pretty tough due to the blind structure. Well done to JP Kelly on being the first Brit to win at the series held on British soil!

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Quick Vegas Update

Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2009 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

Well, I'm in Las Vegas, chillin' out, enjoying myself, playing online poker and looking forward to the Main Event which starts on July 3.

It's a bummer I can't play but it's the third year I've been out here and been underage so I'm kinda getting used to it. Roll on next year.

Best news outside of poker since my last post was seeing my home country Norway winning the Eurovision Song Contest live in Russia. It was an amazing event watching it in Moscow and the best song won:) Check it out below.

I'm really enjoying commentating on poker these day and I got another chance at the Womens World Open. It should be live on Channel 5 (UK) later this year. I was really surprised at the level of play...much higher than I expected.

So, after a brief trip back to Noway, I arrived in Vegas. It's so good catching up with people I've not seen for a long time and it's a great place to meet new people. I've seen some good shows and films and just taking it easy really.

Bad luck about Sorel missing out on a bracelet once again. I know he'll win one soon. He's been blogging some good strategy pieces recently. Check them out.

Had to laugh at fellow Betfair Pro John Tabatabai's trouble at the Wynn Hotel....still it didn't stop me going for dinner there the other night...the food is amazing.

Betfair have kindly re-written my account of winning the WSOPE bracelet in 2007...corrected my grammar and all! Check it out on the WSOPE Official site when its live. I know...bragging is lame but it's just for those who've not seen it yet.

Got myself some horses in the WSOP Main Event and looking forward to see how they get on. Got a press conference about the Caesars Cup shortly - really looking forward to that...the Caesars Cup not the press conference:)

Must go.

Annette

***UPDATE***

Well, I did the press conference. Here it is below...it wasn't too bad:) Europe's first pick was Peter Eastgate while The Americas got Phil Ivey. Never heard of him <3

Join me in Team Europe in the Caesars Cup
Follow Team Betfair in Las Vegas

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Quick Vegas Update

Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2009 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

Well, I'm in Las Vegas, chillin' out, enjoying myself, playing online poker and looking forward to the Main Event which starts on July 3.

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EPT Monte Carlo, The Poker Show and Visas

Date: Wed, May 13, 2009 Professional Internet Live Tournament Women

I'm writing this blog from my room in Venice even though I should be in Moscow right now for the Russian Poker Tour because my stupid visa never came through on time. At least I have time for more shopping!

Not much happened at EPT San Remo but I did come so close to a massive score in the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo when I busted out in 13th for €77k when I slowplayed my As preflop and the bb flopped a set of nines on a 79sQs board. Obv the money went in with my 20bb stack, but I don't think I played the hand poorly at all. Just wasn't meant to be. I'm happy with the way I played but it sucks to bust out so close to the final table, especially when 1st prize was €2.3m! Ah well, always next year.

Nothing really went my way at WPT Venice and to make things worse the structure absolutely sucked. One great thing from the trip was an interview I did for The Poker Show Live with Jesse May and Padraig Parkinson. I had to take the phone call in the hotel lobby because the service on my phone was really bad in my room even though the internet connection was really good! Go figure.

Anyway, the interview was really fun even if Jesse did bring up THAT hand against Isabelle Mercier from a $10k online event last year. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, I got slowrolled badly by Isabelle and said a few things in the chat that maybe I shouldn't and everything got blown out of proportion.

Basically, I called her raise in the cutoff with 6h5h and the flop comes 4c3h6s, giving me top pair and an open-ended straight draw. She checks and I bet 2/3 pot which she calls. Turn is Ac and she leads, I shove and she tanks for like three whole minutes before calling with a set of threes! Like anyone is folding there against me!

Even Padraig thought it sounded like a slowroll but whatever, it's in the past. I was looking forward to the Russian Poker Tour Main Event as I didn't recognize much of the field so it would have been pretty weak even though it was a $1k buy-in but my visa didn't come through in time.

After Moscow I will be going back to England for the Women's World Open, which should be good fun. Jesse May asked in the interview if I was going to be as opinionated as I was in the Premier League a few months ago if I joined him in the commentary box at some point but I don't think I'll be too rude about people I don't know or haven't played much against! It's my first Women's World Open and I have a good record in my debut tournaments, especially ones in London:)

Oh and don't forget to check out Betfair's Freeroll promo for the WSOPE - a million dollars - that's pretty sick.

WSOPE MILLION DOLLAR PROMO

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