Annette Obrestad

Biography

Annette Obrestad is a Norwegian former professional poker player. In 2007, she won the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event for £1,000,000, aged just 18.

Over the course of her career, she amassed over $3.9 million in career earnings, good enough for second on the Norwegian all-time money list behind Felix Stephensen.

Poker Achievements

Obrestad was born in 1988. She discovered poker at a very young age, and generated her initial bankroll from winning freeroll tournaments online.

She quit school to play poker and in 2006 won the UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic $5,000 Championship Event. She finished the tournament in 37th place taking home $12,415.

The day before her 19th birthday, she won the WSOP Europe Main Event for £1,000,000. She became the youngest person ever to become a WSOP champion.

In 2007, she finished runner-up in the EPT Dublin Main Event for €297,800.

After winning the WSOP Europe Main Event, she was sponsored by numerous poker sites and travelled around the world playing poker. She regularly played in the partypoker Premier League and on Late Night Poker during the late 2000s.

Obrestad says that around 2012, she . As a result she started playing poker less and eventually left the poker community in the late 2010s.

Since leaving poker, Obrestad has set up a successful makeup channel called '' on Youtube.

Event	Place	Prize
2018 World Series of Poker Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK	293^rd	$4,528
2018 World Series of Poker Event #7: $565 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em	1621^st	$833
2017 World Series of Poker Event #27: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	97^th	$4,789
2014 World Series of Poker Event #62: The $1,111 Little One for One Drop	173^rd	$3,034
2013 World Series of Poker Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	89^th	$71,053
2013 World Series of Poker Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	42^nd	$6,051
2013 PokerStars.com EPT London Main Event	23^rd	£17,500
2012 World Series of Poker Event 28: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Four-Handed	41^st	$6,534
2012 World Series of Poker Event 3: $3,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha	8^th	$28,409
2010 World Series of Poker Event #50: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	36^th	$12,561
2010 World Series of Poker Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	11^th	$13,654
2010 World Series of Poker Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed	126^th	$3,188
2010 World Series of Poker Event #17: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em	72^nd	$10,497
2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship $20,000 Heads-up Championship	11^th	$25,000
2010 Aussie Millions Event 9: $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event	7^th	175,000 AUD
2010 Aussie Millions Event 4: $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha	1^st	40,000 AUD
2009 PokerStars.com EPT London £5,000 EPT London Main Event	17^th	£17,000
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final €10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event	13^th	€77,000
2009 Aussie Millions Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event	21^st	50,000 AUD
2007 PokerStars EPT - Dublin PokerStars EPT Dublin Main Event	2^nd	€297,800
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event	1^st	£1,000,000

Event

Place

Prize

2018 World Series of Poker
Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK

293^rd

$4,528

2018 World Series of Poker
Event #7: $565 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em

1621^st

$833

2017 World Series of Poker
Event #27: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

97^th

$4,789