Annette Obrestad The Big News at 2009 Aussie Millions
Following Wednesday's play at the 2009 Aussie Millions, wunderkind and 2007 World Series of Poker Europe winner, Annette Obrestad, was making all the headlines even though she finished 2nd for the day behind Annnic Ivert.
With 454,800 in chips, Obrestad was looking to win another major poker tournament before the ripe old age of 21.
Born in Norway, Obrestad is the youngest person to ever win a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. She is widely considered to be among the best online multi-table tournament players in the world.
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 online poker site. Instead she made her initial online bankroll by winning freeroll poker tournaments from which she went on to amass several hundred thousand dollars in winnings. Between September 2006 and February 2007, she won over $500,000 on Pokerstars, $200,000 on UltimateBet, and $136,000 on Full Tilt Poker. As of February 2008, Pocketfives.com, a site that tracks online poker, ranks her number 51. She also has been the site's top-ranked player in the past.
Notable players who dropped out of Wednesday's Aussie Millions play were Ivan Demidov, James Obst, Mel Judah, Jeremy Joseph, Casey Kastle, Michael and Nick Binger, Marty Smyth, Jeff Madsen, Neil Channing, Jim Worth, pop star Brian McFadden, Tony G, Phil Laak, Mark Vos, Maya-Gellar Antonius, and David Saab.
The chip leaders were:
Annnic Ivert: 555,900
Annette Obrestad: 454,800
Rajkumar Ramakrishnan: 388,200
David Dochtery: 362,000
Stewart Scott: 348,000
Karl Bullock: 347,900
Patrik Antonius: 335,900
Michael Tureniec: 332,000
John Paul Kelly: 321,600
Will Zemljaric: 308,000
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Ace King, Gambling911.com
