Annette “Annette_15″ Obrestad has made her first final table at a World Series of Poker event, and she picked a good one to do so: the $10,000 buy-in main event. In the inaugural WSOP Europe series, which consisted of three seperate events complete with bracelets and huge paydays for top spots, the final event has worked its way down to the final nine after fan favorite Gus Hansen busted in 10th place after running QQ up against KK. I think in broadcast replay Gus will see that his opponent was displaying obvious body language signals of a huge hand (the guy looked like he couldn’t wait to turn over a hand, and that with Annette in the hand as well..she folded) but then again it’s Gus Hansen and he reads pretty good so who knows! In any case, Gus went out but turned in another amazing run in a high-profile talent-packed event. Nice run Gus!
Watching the event gave most of us our first look at Annette in a live game situation, and the 18-year-old didn’t disappoint. She played her trademark aggressive style, popping and repopping preflop and following through afterwards, and consistently stayed at the top of the charts, even taking over as the chip leader very late in the tourney. Then she was moved to the featured TV table and immediately took it over! Theo Jorgensen was visibly tilted by the youngsters aggressive style, as well as the constant raising from the two Swedes at the table, berating “all this raising with nothing” which was highly inappropriate. He half-jokingly told one opponent to show their “bluff” or he’d hunt them down and beat them up after the tournament. Annette took pot after pot regardless, and worked her stack up into the chip lead through great play.
At some point afterwards, although I missed it, she lost a large pot and was dropped down to nearly the short-stack position. When it gets to that point, it’s going to be all-in time soon based on the mega-high blind levels, so the tension for Annette fans began to rise. Sure enough, Annette pushed shortly afterwards with AT and was called by AJ leaving her dead to three outs. Ten on the flop and she catches up! I thought she could only do that online? Following the Gus bustout later on in the day (even though I would have loved to watch a Gus vs. Annette vs. aggressive table) she finds herself in the hunt for a World Series of Poker bracelet, very nice payday and the opportunity to lay claim as one of the greatest No Limit Holdem players ever without even being able to legally play in the United States! It’s safe to say she has a future in this game, eh :)
