Posted Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:14 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
When we talk about great tournament poker players the same names keep coming up Ivey, Hellmuth, Negreanu, Juanda etc. All the top TV pros.
But what about some of the online sensations? A lot of these players are too young to play in a casino, but are still raking it in hand over fist online.
Case in point Annette_15
This 19 year old Norwegian internet phenom (as Mike Sexton would no doubt describe her) is reported to never have made a deposit online, she won a few $'s in a freeroll and ground her way up to where she is today, several hundred thousand dollars richer.
Recently named as the top ranked tournament player online, becoming not only the youngest, the first female but also the first non American to do so.
In 2006 her tournament profits are estimated to be close to $1/2 million (that's profits, not just winnings.) In January of this year alone she has won more than $100,000 and is this week's TLB winner on pokerstars.
Who knows what the future holds, but if Annette Obrestad is still crushing tournaments when she turns 21... the live pros better watch out.
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Posted Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:07 am GMT by MrDarling
Amazing.
Posted Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:50 am GMT by Geno
I read about her recently on a link Mike sent me, it's amazing. I wonder if she will have the same ability live? I would doubt it but you never know.
Posted Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:06 pm GMT by tame_deuces
Damn norwegians.
Posted Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:21 pm GMT by wEbMaStEr
Being 19 she's obv. too young for most of the major live tourneys, but i seem to recall that she did pretty well in the UB Aruba tourney last year, 37th for $12000.
She busted fairly early on day 1 in the PCA tho, did she hit the beach, did she go out partying? Nope, she sat in the lobby playing tourneys online.
Posted Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:24 pm GMT by supafrey
apparantly she was in the lobby playing mtts (20-25 tourneys a day) every single day of the trip. =/
Posted Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:55 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
So what good is all the money then?
Posted Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:40 pm GMT by groton
yah she should of hit the beach or made out with some lucky Teen Yank 
Posted Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:45 pm GMT by wEbMaStEr
| Sean_in_NJ wrote: | | So what good is all the money then? |
This is of course a good point. A question all of us need to ask ourselves. Why ae we playing poker? Are we playing to make money to enjoy that money or are we playing to to make money to keep playing.
Posted Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:38 am GMT by tame_deuces
My guess is she loves the game/is an addict.
You got a bunch of young norwegian kids ripping up the toughest poker games these days. Bad_ip, LuckyULSA and Anette_15 is just a few I guess.
I guess it's a cool life as long as you keep winning. 
Posted Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:07 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
You should worm your way in with them Tame, get them to take you under their wing and teach you how to poker!
Posted Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:51 am GMT by tame_deuces
I live in the land with the most beautiful women in the world Webby, hanging out with with pro poker players is not on my TODO-list.
Posted Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:25 pm GMT by khaosanroad
| tame_deuces wrote: | | I live in the land with the most beautiful women in the world Webby, hanging out with with pro poker players is not on my TODO-list. |
Met a few on holiday in Thailand, and yes they are gorgeous.
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