Wow! Already an online multi-table-tournament (mtt) legend, Annette Obrestad has just proven herself on a global stage, winning the 2007 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event.
This event was a £10k entry, with first place receiving £2m! That’ll certainly help her online bankroll…
From Poker News – the final hand played out like this:
John Tabatabai has the button. He calls, Obrestad raises to 100,000 and Tabatabai calls. The flop is . Obrestad bets 250,000, Tabatabai raises to 750,000, Obrestad moves all in and Tabatabai calls. Tabatabai shows
for two pair, but Obrestad has top set with
. The turn is the
, and Tabatabai is drawing dead. The river is the
. Jack Effel pauses play to count down the stacks to see if Tabatabai is covered by Obrestad. She does, and Annette Obrestad wins the 2007 WSOPE Main Event, earning £ 1,000,000! John Tabatabai is our runner-up and will take home £ 570,150.