Annette15 Archives

Vote for Annette for the Tournament of Champions

Dave Allan / 16 March 2010 / Leave a comment

In just over two months the 2010 World Series of Poker begins and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. In order to drum up some publicity Harrah's. Owners of the WSOP brand, have announced there will be...Read more »

Annette to play in Women's World Poker Open

Dave Allan / 10 March 2010 / Leave a comment

The fourth annual Women's World Open takes place in London on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 March and will see 24 of the world's best female players take to the felt, including Betfair's very own Annette Obrestad....Read more »

Annette knocked out of NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

Dave Allan / 07 March 2010 / Leave a comment

Despite two TV feature table appearances and two victories Annette Obrestad is out of the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship after being beaten by poker legend Doyle Brunson in the round of 16....Read more »

Obrestad does Orel to set up Hellmuth clash

Dave Allan / 06 March 2010 / Leave a comment

Betfair Pro Annette Obrestad is through to the last 32 of the 2010 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship and will face Phil Hellmuth after beating the former baseball player Orel Hershiser in the opening round of the popular tournament....Read more »

Annette in deep run at EPT Copenhagen

Dave Allan / 19 February 2010 / Leave a comment

Betfair sponsored pro Annette Obrestad managed yet another deep run in a major tournament but this time had to endure the disappointment of narrowly missing out on the money places at EPT Copenhagen....Read more »

Annette confirmed for NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship

Dave Allan / 17 February 2010 / Leave a comment

The sixth season of the NBC Nation Heads-Up Championship will take place at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas between March 4-7 and Annette Obrestad will be one of the 64 stars taking part....Read more »

Don't play fancy against the fish!

Annette 15 / 06 January 2010 / 3 Comments

Finally made it to the Bahamas for the PCA despite a frustrating time at Miami airport. After here I'm off to the Aussie Millions in Melbourne. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to send some tweets on my Twitter account but...Read more »

Putting on the pressure

Annette 15 / 30 October 2009 / Leave a comment

I find a lot of value in piling pressure on your opponents in the early stages of tournaments when the blinds are small and most people are playing way too tight, because that's when people are looking to avoid pressure....Read more »

WSOPE Updates

Annette 15 / 22 September 2009 / 2 Comments

Two events down at the WSOPE and no cashes! Event 1 was pretty tough due to the blind structure. Well done to JP Kelly on being the first Brit to win at the series held on British soil!...Read more »

Quick Vegas Update

Annette 15 / 02 July 2009 / 6 Comments

Well, I'm in Las Vegas, chillin' out, enjoying myself, playing online poker and looking forward to the Main Event which starts on July 3....Read more »

EPT Monte Carlo, The Poker Show and Visas

Annette 15 / 13 May 2009 / 4 Comments

I'm writing this blog from my room in Venice even though I should be in Moscow right now for the Russian Poker Tour because my stupid visa never came through on time. At least I have time for more shopping!...Read more »

On the Road in Europe and EV Freerolls

Annette 15 / 17 April 2009 / 2 Comments

Well, after a couple of months break from live tournaments I'm back on the road and will be hitting events in San Remo, Monte Carlo, Venice and finally Moscow....I'll be away for a month and the packing just sucked!...Read more »

Freeroll Poker Tournaments

Annette 15 / 03 April 2009 / 3 Comments

The first thing to remember about freerolls is that players do not value their tournament life very much....Read more »

Betfair Poker Blogs

Annette 15 / 27 March 2009 / 1 Comments

I've never really looked around this site - don't know why. Think I had a look when I first started blogging here but it was fairly awful then but now, as poker sites go, I think it's pretty awesome....Read more »

I'm a Twittering Idiot!

Annette 15 / 03 March 2009 / 4 Comments

Things change quickly in the Internet world and you sometimes you don't notice. I liked Facebook at first but now I've got a new toy........Read more »

Recent Tournament Updates and Future Plans

Annette 15 / 22 February 2009 / 2 Comments

Have played two big live tournaments this year so far and disappointed obviously not to have gone deeper in both of them. The Aussie Millions was frustrating when I got tilted when some player I'd never played against before and...Read more »

More Premier League Poker

Annette 15 / 11 February 2009 / 2 Comments

Found the videos below from the first episode of Premier League Poker, I said before I was looking forward to it airing and think the show is pretty good. I've just put the first episode on - I don't think...Read more »

Annette_15 Blog Pimpage

Annette 15 / 21 January 2009 / 13 Comments

Just thought I'd take this opportunity to thank everyone who has these pages linked up from their poker blog. I know I'm not always the most regular with my updates so the fact people are still linking to me is...Read more »

Some poker related questions and answers!

Annette 15 / 12 January 2009 / 7 Comments

Well, I've slipped into my old ways and have been posting in forums again instead of blogging!! I recently really enjoyed doing a question and answer session for a forum partly run by fellow pro Barry Greenstein....Read more »

Premier League Poker 2008

Annette 15 / 09 December 2008 / 4 Comments

So I'm back home now after playing in one of the biggest televised tournaments around - probably the biggest in terms of money and I must say that I've never had as much fun playing poker for a week in...Read more »

Becoming a better player

Annette 15 / 28 November 2008 / 6 Comments

There were a few follow up forum questions from my last post so I've tried to answer some of them below....Read more »

"I love poker - always have, always will!"

Annette 15 / 20 November 2008 / 7 Comments

As I said in my last post, I'm a forum girl at heart and can be quite prolific when the mood takes me. For anyone who missed a recent post I made about my background in online poker and my...Read more »

Set mining is cool but don't overdo it!

Annette 15 / 09 November 2008 / 4 Comments

As many as you know I'm a forum person rather than a blogger - sorry Betfair:) so I thought I'd republish this response I gave to an OP after way too many people had suggested a a call. Here's the...Read more »

Lost 50k in two days!

Annette 15 / 03 November 2008 / Leave a comment

I won't go on a long rant about how bad the tournaments have been for me because I know nobody wants to hear about that anyway. I've visited a ton of places though, including Berlin, Barcelona, London, Nottingham, Toronto, London...Read more »

A delayed entry...

Annette 15 / 12 August 2008 / 5 Comments

Sitting here at the airport at home on my way to Ireland to play a little and do promotional stuff. I know it's been a while since I wrote so figured I'd do something productive while waiting for once.I haven't...Read more »

Funnnnnnnnnnnnn times!

Annette 15 / 12 June 2008 / 8 Comments

Man, I have so much to talk about this time so expect to keep reading for a while. I'll start with WPT Barcelona. I got through day one of the Main Event with 50k or so in chips which was...Read more »

More from Barcelona

Annette 15 / 13 May 2008 / 10 Comments

I just got back couple of days ago. My friend got 2nd in the tournament which was huge for him. Kinda sucks that he didn't win cuz he was way better than his opponent when he got HU, he just...Read more »

On the road as usual.

Annette 15 / 07 May 2008 / 4 Comments

So, I'm sitting here in my hotel room in Barcelona. I just came here from London after playing in the European Ladies Poker Open. I won't even bother writing anything about it because I busted 45th outta 52 and it...Read more »

The beginning of something new

Annette 15 / 01 May 2008 / 3 Comments

I have something really exciting to talk about this time. I've been talking to Daniel Negreanu and his crew a lot the last months about joining his new training site called PokerVT. It is very uniqe and different from all...Read more »

EPT Grand Final - €1,000 NL Hold 'Em

Editor / 15 April 2008 / Leave a comment

34th...Read more »

Vacation and other non important stuff

Annette 15 / 10 April 2008 / 10 Comments

Ive been very busy since my last entry... well, maybe not busy, but just occupied for the most part. I bought a house for my mom and I about a month ago, and we moved in right after. Its amazing....Read more »

From Dortmund to Denmark + a few nice awards

Annette 15 / 20 February 2008 / 15 Comments

A quick recap of the last few weeks...I played EPT Dortmund not long ago... didn't go as I hoped. I made day two with a top 20 stack, but I had an extremely tough table on day two and just...Read more »

Party Poker European Open IV

Editor / 08 February 2008 / Leave a comment

4th...Read more »

EPT Dortmund - €2,000 NL Hold 'Em

Editor / 02 February 2008 / Leave a comment

8th...Read more »

PCA & Aussie Millions!

Annette 15 / 29 January 2008 / 4 Comments

I know it's been a while, so hopefully u all haven't missed me too much! I promise I'll get better at updating... it's just not the first thing u wanna do when u get knocked out of a tourney... anyways....Read more »

Another $1000 GTD Tourney for my blog readers!

Annette 15 / 17 January 2008 / 12 Comments

The last one of these we had went well so I have been able to get another one for lower stakes players. A few people have said that my $200 tourney is too much......Read more »

How to play pocket pairs with a short to medium stack

Annette 15 / 16 January 2008 / 4 Comments

Annette gives an in-depth look at how she goes about playing pocket pairs when short stacked....Read more »

My Year in Review Podcast

Annette 15 / 19 December 2007 / 11 Comments

This is my podcast which went on Betfair Radio. Happy Christmas....Read more »

EPT Prague

Annette 15 / 13 December 2007 / 11 Comments

Got to Prague on Monday. Didn't do much the first day. Checked in, and went down to the poker room to check out the action. Jumped in a 200-500 plo game (CZK currency)... think it was like a 10-20 Euro...Read more »

Paris!

Annette 15 / 08 December 2007 / 8 Comments

Soooooooo, I'm in Paris now. Got here two days ago. Was awesome driving in the taxi on the way to the hotel. Driving down the champs elysée all covered with blinking blue neon lights on both sides of the road...Read more »

$1000 GTD Tourney for blog readers only woo hoo!!

Annette 15 / 05 December 2007 / 6 Comments

I have been pestering Betfair to give me my own tournament for my blog readers and they have finally given in. For lots of people my $200 freezeout tournament is too big of a buy in so I have got...Read more »

A little of everything...

Annette 15 / 28 November 2007 / 12 Comments

For those who dont know... PLO is the most addicting game ever. I've been playing a lot of 5-10, 10-20 on various sites and doing fairly well......Read more »

A bad day...

Annette 15 / 17 November 2007 / 9 Comments

Ever had one of those days ... where u just wanna bang ur head against the wall and wish u were somewhere else?...Read more »

My Dublin Interview

Annette 15 / 15 November 2007 / 1 Comments

The guys from SikTilt did an interview with me in Dublin. You can watch it here....Read more »

Interview with Annette on Betfair Radio

Annette 15 / 14 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Well I was on Betfair Radio on Tuesday afternoon talking about what I have been up to. You can listen to it again here....Read more »

Annette Obrestad - Sundays are suppose to be fun eh?

Annette 15 / 12 November 2007 / 8 Comments

Well, I guess they can be fun but most of the time you end up scratching ur head wondering what went wrong and why you didn't win the Sunday Million instead of the random donk that makes it through the...Read more »

EPT Dublin Final Table - Annette_15

Annette 15 / 06 November 2007 / 16 Comments

So as most of u know, I ended up getting 2nd in the EPT for a very nice payday. I started FT as the CL with 800k to the next guys' 640k. My table position was great, had medium to...Read more »

EPT Dublin - € 7,700 No Limit Hold'em

Annette 15 / 03 November 2007 / Leave a comment

2nd...Read more »

EPT Dublin

Annette 15 / 02 November 2007 / 7 Comments

We're now down to 24 players. Got itm and will be playing down to the final table today. Had a fun lineup yesterday wiith Noah Boeken to my left with a TON of chips and Luca Pagano to my right......Read more »

MEH! Late Night Poker in Cardiff - Annette_15

Annette 15 / 31 October 2007 / 7 Comments

So I got to Cardiff to play on Late Night Poker. I was very excited and feeling good about my game, my tabledraw and everything. The line-up was pretty tough for my heat......Read more »