Annette Obrestad Talks about her First WSOP

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Few players have had as much attention heading into their first WSOP as Annette “Annette_15″ Obrestad. I had a chance to speak with her after it was all over.

So how was your first WSOP?

Pretty much went as expected. I try not to ever enter any tournaments with high expectations since it’s so high variance. You don’t want to go in expecting to win and then be disappointed when you don’t.

It wasn’t a great series. I had 4 cashes, one 11^th place. I was really hoping to make a final table, since everyone notices that. If you cash, nobody really does.

The 11^th place came in the shootout, right?

Yeah. Day 1 and 2 had great structures where you started with 120 blinds. I had a lot of bad players at my tables and caught some hands. The last day was down to 14 players so it was a two table tournament. We only started with 75 blinds, which I thought was really stupid. Why would you want to increase the variance for the final day? The whole thing tilted me, though I’m not sure if it affected my play.

I doubled up early on and then lost two big coinflips to the same guy. Then I was short in the small blind with A7. An aggressive player raised, I pushed, and the big blind tanked and called, then the original raiser went all in. So I was like, “that’s no good.” One guy had AQ and the other guy had tens, so I was pretty much drawing dead.

How’d the cards treat you? You tweeted early on that you were drawing some tough tables?

Well I don’t want to complain or anything, but I guess I did run pretty bad. Way below expectation. Especially early in the series, I couldn’t win an all-in and got coolered a lot.

I usually had pretty tough tables. When I drew a couple soft tables, I frequently had really good players on my left.

But that’s poker.

Have you been playing any cash games around here?

Yeah, I’ve been playing $5/$10 at the Venetian a lot – up about $15k. I go after tournaments and on my days off. I’m such a degen. I usually come back to my apartment around 6am and the security guard is just getting in. He says, “Good morning” and I say, “Good night.” Pretty much every night. Wash, rinse, repeat.

What about online?

No, I haven’t had internet access for three weeks. I tried to get it through Cox and they were like, “We need you to fax us a copy of your lease,” so I did, and then I never heard anything back.

I don’t know how it is in Norway, but in the US the local cable company is usually a monopoly, so their customer service is horrible since you can’t go anywhere else.

Yeah. The apartment’s cable had expired and I asked them if they could turn it back on, and they said no, that I’d have to bring them the old box and get a new one. So I never got that either.

You’re going back to Norway in about a week. Any rooting interest in the Main Event?

Well I’ve got two and a half horses. Two people I’ve got 80/20 stakes, and another one I’ve got 50/50. I’ve had really bad luck staking people in the Main Event in the past. I think I’ve lost $80k and never had anyone cash. Hopefully that’ll change…

Other than that, I don’t really have an interest, other than that I’d like to see a big name pro at the final table. Doesn’t really matter who it is, but I’d like to see one, like last year with Ivey. If the final table is just 9 unknowns, I probably won’t even watch it.

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15 Responses to “Annette Obrestad Talks about her First WSOP”

Oloughm Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
Sounds to me like cash games are the way to go for her.
Barry Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Either way….I think she’ll be fine….
Jose Villadiego Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 12:23 am
IMO She did a good series to be her first, of course ev1 expected her to win and made a few final tables but saying it and doing it, its another story!

She is very young still and im sure we will hear lot more from her

Villa
susan west Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 5:40 am
ok -cupcake1010
Tiny 10 Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 7:52 am
Didn’t she just turn 21? This girl’s awesome … from freerolls to free wheeling in Vegas … AND she’s from Norway, which makes her one of my “people” … my big question … what does she listen to on her iPod?

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mawlin0 Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
not bad for a young girl in her 1st WSOP.
mawlin0
klg Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
She is such an annoying little girl. Zero class.
sillymoi Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
4 cashes is not bad for her first series. I think she is a player to watch in the future.

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who is he Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I predict a good poker future for this girl, need more womans(girls) in this SPORT : ). good luck anette
who is he Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
I predict a good poker future for this girl, need more womans(girls) in this SPORT : ). good luck anette
ID:pokerkokoska
sorry for two replies but i forgot my ID
mark Says:
July 18th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
where is the password?
Lonny Raymond Says:
July 18th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Looking for clue,HELP!
massive Says:
July 18th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
She gets on my nerves so much dont what it is I actually hate her!! haha Plus she is butterz
scotty c 304 Says:
July 18th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
hey dave great interview. thanks!
Jonathan Choe Says:
July 18th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
CONGRATS =]

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