Our Verdict:
The iconic Annette_15 is possibly our favourite global poker player. She represents all that we love about the modern poker game. Fearless, aggressive, strategic and super-smart this self-taught teenager from a small town in Norway has risen, in the space of just 3 years, to the heights of fame and achievement that even the very best of the other female players in the world can not compete with. She started playing online at age 15 and never made a serious deposit. Parlaying freeroll-earned dollars up she was soon building her bankroll via MTT success and cementing her reputation. By 2006 she had risen to the top of the MTT rakings with multiple major outright victories to her name. Still too young to compete in the WSOP in Vegas but old enough to compete in Europe, when the WSOPE hit London in late 2007 she was obviously going to take her shot. A week later, incredibly, she emerged as the Champion defeating one of the highest quality fields ever assembled. £1m richer she was crowned the youngest ever WSOP champion (a day before her 19th bday) and the first female Main Event winner. She has since finished second in the Dublin EPT (good for another $430K) and further domination beckons. Over the last 3 years, she has cashed for well over $1m in online tournaments (with a $600K+ profit) including an outright victory on Full Tilt for $117K. Quite simply, Annette Obrestad is the ultimate young European poker phenom and as champions of the modern game, we embrace and salute her every success.