Annette Obrestad Poker Tournament Updates

Level Three Update: Lex Veldhuis Eliminates a Player

Jul 07, '11

NOTE: Levels are two hours in length and players are starting with 30,000 in chips.

Players on Day 1A: ~900

Blinds: 150-300

Notables in Field:

Brian Hastings
TJ Cloutier
Doyle Brunson
Matt Affleck
Greg Raymer
Filippo Candio
Matt Glantz
Adam Levy
Faraz Jaka
Tatjana Pasalic
Jason Alexander
Josh Arieh
Vanessa Selbst
Nam Le
Lex Veldhuis
Dutch Boyd
Olivier Busquet

Card Player Chip Counts:

Barry Shulman — 27,500
Josh Brikis — 40,000

Notable Eliminations:

Tom Schneider
Ari Engel
Jeffrey Papola

Hands:

Lex Veldhuis Eliminates a Player

Lex Veldhuis raised to 800 and three people called. Sam Farha made it 4,000. Veldhuis just called. Two folds and one call later the flop came 6-5-3. Farha bets 5,000, and Veldhuis called. The button shoved for 20,000, and Farha called. Veldhuis raised 15,000 more and Farha folded. Veldhuis was up against pocket fours and managed to dodge the outs to build his stack to 85,000.

Annette Obrestad off to Good Start

On a flop of J 9 3 flop, Annette Obrestad bet 1,000 after her opponent checked, and he called. The 3 came on the turn it was once again checked to Obrestad. She bet 2,100 and was called again. The 4 landed on the river, and Obrestad’s opponent bet 6,500. Obrestad called and was shown the K 3. However, she was good with her 8 6 for a flush and was up to 45,000 after the hand.

Matt Affleck Starting off on Wrong Foot

Chris Bjorin checked and Matt Affleck bet 1,200 on a flop of 8 8 4. Bjorin check-raised to 2,500, and Affleck called. The 8 fell on the turn. Bjorin bet 2,500 and Affleck called. The 6 on the river prompted a 7,000-chip bet from Bjorin and it was once again called. Bjorin exposed the 86 for the nuts and Affleck mucked.

Eli Elezra Slips, Still Has a Ton of Chips

Eli Elezra called a 700 preflop raise and the flop came A 10 10. The player bet 1,200 and Elezra called. The J fell on turn, and it was checked to Elezra, who bet 2,200. That bet was called and it was again checked to Elezra after a 4 fell on the river. Elezra bet 5,100 and was check-raised to 10,400. Elezra called and was shown J-10. He mucked and was down to 85,000 after the hand.

TV Feature Table: Doyle Brunson off to Slow Start

Doyle Brunson called 800 from the small blind. The flop came A 5 5 and action went check check. The 4 on the turn promoted a check from Brunson. His opponent bet 1,000 and Brunson mucked. He was down to 20,000 after the hand.

Note: The players are currently on a 90-minute dinner break and will return to their seats at 8:15 local time.

Player Tags: Chris Bjorin,   Doyle Brunson,   Eli Elezra,   Annette Obrestad,   Lex Veldhuis,   Matt Affleck

Ayaz Mahmood Defeats Annette Obrestad

Mar 04, '11

Another quick match in the books. Annette Obrestad was put to the test for the rest of her stack on a board reading AJ3A and she finally called holding KJ for a pair and a flush draw.

Mahmood turned over A4, however, and his trips held when the 10 hit the river. Mahmood will now face off against Barry Greenstein in the round of 32.

Player Tags: Ayaz Mahmood,   Annette Obrestad

Annette Obresatd Eliminated

Jan 26, '11

Annette Obrestad (big blind) got the last of her chips into the middle preflop against Wang Qiang (UTG). Their cards:

Obrestad: 5 5
Qiang: A K

Board: K 4 3 J 6

Obrestad was eliminated on the hand and Qiang grew his stack to 700,000 after the hand, which is good for the chip lead.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Wang Qiang

Annette Takes Another Hit

Jan 23, '11

The flop read K 10 2 and Annette Obrestad bet 650 on the button. The big blind made the call and the 6 fell on the turn.

Obrestad bet 1,500 and her opponent called once again. The 8 fell on the river and Obrestad bet 2,600. Their cards:

Obrestad: K 7
Big Blind; K Q

Obrestad mucked her hand and she fell to 7,500 in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad

Annette Takes a Hit

Jan 23, '11

The flop read A 9 6 when Annette Obrestad bet 350 and one opponent made the call. The turn fell 7 and Obrestad checked. The player in middle position bet 1,025 and Obrestad made the call.

The 5 fell on the river and 2,200 was the price of admission on the river. Obrestad revealed A Q but the player in middle position turned over 8 to win the pot with a straight.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad

Obrestad vs. Nelson

Jan 23, '11

The flop read 10 7 5 when Annette Obrestad bet 700 and Lee Nelson made the call. The 10 fell on the river and Nelson bet 2,350. Obrestad made the call.

The river fell 3 and the former Aussie Millions champion fired out another bet, this tim tossing in 3,500. Obrestad thought for a moment but she then mucked her cards.

Player Tags: Lee Nelson,   Annette Obrestad

Level 5: Obrestad, Boeree Exit

Nov 12, '10

Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante

Players Remaining: 277 of 330

Eliminations:

Shaun Deeb
Liv Boeree
Annette Obrestad
Alex Kamberis

Big Hands:

James Campbell Surges Up The Leaderboard

James Campbell called the all in bet from Paul Volpe and found that his pocket tens were way ahead of pocket eights.

The board offered no help for the man known as paulgees and Campbell raked in the pot to move to 65,000 in chips.

Michael Benvenuti Gets Back To Even

On a board reading 10822, Michael Benvenuti found a way to get all in holding JJ. His opponent made the call with A-10, but failed to catch up.

Benvenuti is now sitting with 33,000, just over the starting stack.

Jason Mercier Applies All In Pressure

The hijack raised to 1,000 and Jason Mercier reraised to 2,475 from the cutoff. The hijack called and the flop fell J95.

The hijack led for 6,200, leaving himself with just 22,000 behind. Mercier then moved all in and took the pot when his opponent folded.

The Team PokerStars Pro now has 39,000 in chips.

Shaun Deeb Busts With Trips

On a board reading AJ636, Shaun Deeb moved all in over the top of a 6,000 bet from Vincente Garcia.

Garcia snap called and showed pocket threes for the boat, while Deeb flashed a six before gathering his stuff to head out the door.

Annette Obrestad Gets Bad Beat By Isaac Haxton

Annette Obrestad was all in and ahead with pocket kings against the AQ of Isaac Haxton.

Unfortunately, the dealer rolled out a board of 84253, giving Haxton a straight and the winning hand.

Player Tags: James Campbell,   Annette Obrestad,   Isaac Haxton,   Liv Boeree,   Michael Benvenuti

Annette Obrestad Eliminated in 13th Place ($32,240)

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised all in from middle position and Brandon Steven made the call from the small blind. Obrestad showed Q10, but was dominated by the A10 of Steven.

The board fell 86569 and Obrestad was eliminated from the tournament after going from chip leader to the first player out here on day 5. Steven now has 1,620,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Brandon Steven

Skip Wilson Doubles Through Annette Obrestad Again

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 45,000 from under the gun and Skip Wilson reraised to 150,000. Obrestad reraised all in and Wilson called for 1,065,000. Obrestad showed AK and was racing against Wilson’s pocket queens.

The board fell J83Q7 and Wilson doubled to the chip lead with 2.2 million. Obrestad is left as the short stack with 325,000.

Player Tags: Skip Wilson,   Annette Obrestad

Skip Wilson Doubles Through Annette Obrestad

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 45,000 from middle position and Skip Wilson made the all from the cutoff. Brandon Steven came along in the big blind and the flop was 984.

Obrestad bet 75,000 and Wilson moved all in for 435,000. Steven folded and Obrestad made the call with 1010. Wilson showed A5 and got there when the turn and river fell 77.

Wilson is now up to 1,050,000 while Obrestad drops to 1,450,000.

Player Tags: Skip Wilson,   Annette Obrestad

Chad Batista Eliminated in 16th Place ($25,792)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Chad Batista moved all in from the small blind. Obrestad made the call with pocket tens, which were well ahead of Batista’s pocket eights.

The board fell A74J3 and Batista was eliminated. Obrestad now sits with just over 2 million in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Chad Batista

McLean Karr Eliminated in 17th Place ($25,792)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad raised from under the gun and McLean Karr moved all in for 350,000. Bobby Suer then moved all in to isolate. Obrestad folded and Karr revealed 88.

Suer showed KK and it held on a board of J1075Q. Suer now has 1 million in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Bobby Suer,   Mclean Karr

Ronald Lee Eliminated in 27th Place ($19,344)

Oct 18, '10

The Obrestad train can’t be stopped! Five players saw a flop of 8-4-2 and Ronald Lee bet 50,000. Annette Obrestad then raised to 120,000, driving out the three other players.

Lee moved all in and Obrestad immediately called with pocket kings. Lee showed pocket jacks, but failed to find help on the turn or river. Obrestad is now up to 1.7 million.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Ronald Lee

Annette Obrestad Wins Massive Pot Against Steve O'Dwyer

Oct 18, '10

Steve O’Dwyer raised to 20,000 from the hijack and Annette Obrestad three-bet him to 65,000 from the button. The flop came down A82 and O’Dwyer checked.

Obrestad continued with a bet of 65,000 and O’Dwyer called. The turn was the A and O’Dwyer checked yet again. Obrestad bet 140,000 and once again, O’Dwyer called.

The river was the 5 and O’Dwyer checked for a third time. Obrestad moved all in, having O’Dwyer’s 268,000 covered. O’Dwyer tanked for six minutes before finally mucking, well into the break. Obrestad didn’t show and took in the pot to boost her stack to 1,145,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Steve O'Dwyer

Brandon Novena Eliminated in 30th Place ($19,344)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad continues to storm up the chip counts. In a hand with Brandon Novena, both players checked a flop of K-Q-8.

Novena then shoved the A on the turn and Obrestad snap called. Novena showed Q-8 for two pair, but Obrestad showed J-10 for the nut straight. The river was a 10 and Novena was eliminated. Obrestad is now in second place with 930,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Brandon Novena

Daniel Alaei Eliminated in 31st Place ($16,120)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad just knocked out Daniel Alaei in a big pot to boost her stack to 630,000.

Alaei picked up A-K, but ran right into Obrestad’s pocket aces to end his tournament run.

Player Tags: Daniel Alaei,   Annette Obrestad

Level 10 Update: End of Day 2

Oct 16, '10

Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 104 out of 335 (Unofficial)

Chip Counts:

Official chip counts will be posted when they are released by the casino.

Average Chip Count: 128,846

Notable Eliminations:

Hasan Habib

Big Hands:

Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead

Many are holding on to survive the day, but Annette Obrestad is only content with building her fortress of chips even higher.

Early in the level, Obrestad three-bet a preflop raiser to 17,000 from the button and the small blind moved all in for 26,000.

The original raiser folded and Obrestad was forced to call the all in with 73. Her opponent showed down AK, but Obrestad made a straight to send him to the rail. She finished the hand with 585,000.

Luke Vrabel Chops It Up With Brandon Steven

Annette Obrestad raised to 3,500 and Brandon Steven made the call from the cutoff. Luke Vrabel then raised too 12,000 from the small blind and after a few minutes of thought, Obrestad made the call.

Steven then immediately moved all in for about 60,000 and Vrabel moved all in behind him for over 100,000. Obrestad sheepishly flashed QJ and mucked, having really wanted to play the hand.

Both Steven and Vrabel showed pocket aces and the board ran out jack high. Obrestad then told her opponents, “I would have doubled you both up.”

Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up

Vivek Rajkumar was all in holding pocket sevens against the A-Q of Vladimir Shchemelev. The board came jack high and Rajkumar doubled up to 82,000. Schchemelev is still stacked with 190,000.

David Singer Doubles Up Through Scott Dorin

On a flop of Q22, David Singer bet and Scott Dorin put him all in. Singer called with KQ for top pair, but was outkicked by Dorin’s AQ.

The turn and river fell K4 and Singer improved to two pair to double up to 54,000. Dorin took a hit down to 26,000.

Poker Tweets

Player Tags: David Singer,   Annette Obrestad,   Vivek Rajkumar,   Scott Dorin,   Luke Vrabel,   Brandon Steven

Annette Obrestad Eliminated in 13th Place ($32,240)

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised all in from middle position and Brandon Steven made the call from the small blind. Obrestad showed Q10, but was dominated by the A10 of Steven.

The board fell 86569 and Obrestad was eliminated from the tournament after going from chip leader to the first player out here on day 5. Steven now has 1,620,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Brandon Steven

Skip Wilson Doubles Through Annette Obrestad Again

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 45,000 from under the gun and Skip Wilson reraised to 150,000. Obrestad reraised all in and Wilson called for 1,065,000. Obrestad showed AK and was racing against Wilson’s pocket queens.

The board fell J83Q7 and Wilson doubled to the chip lead with 2.2 million. Obrestad is left as the short stack with 325,000.

Player Tags: Skip Wilson,   Annette Obrestad

Skip Wilson Doubles Through Annette Obrestad

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 45,000 from middle position and Skip Wilson made the all from the cutoff. Brandon Steven came along in the big blind and the flop was 984.

Obrestad bet 75,000 and Wilson moved all in for 435,000. Steven folded and Obrestad made the call with 1010. Wilson showed A5 and got there when the turn and river fell 77.

Wilson is now up to 1,050,000 while Obrestad drops to 1,450,000.

Player Tags: Skip Wilson,   Annette Obrestad

Chad Batista Eliminated in 16th Place ($25,792)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Chad Batista moved all in from the small blind. Obrestad made the call with pocket tens, which were well ahead of Batista’s pocket eights.

The board fell A74J3 and Batista was eliminated. Obrestad now sits with just over 2 million in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Chad Batista

McLean Karr Eliminated in 17th Place ($25,792)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad raised from under the gun and McLean Karr moved all in for 350,000. Bobby Suer then moved all in to isolate. Obrestad folded and Karr revealed 88.

Suer showed KK and it held on a board of J1075Q. Suer now has 1 million in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Bobby Suer,   Mclean Karr

Ronald Lee Eliminated in 27th Place ($19,344)

Oct 18, '10

The Obrestad train can’t be stopped! Five players saw a flop of 8-4-2 and Ronald Lee bet 50,000. Annette Obrestad then raised to 120,000, driving out the three other players.

Lee moved all in and Obrestad immediately called with pocket kings. Lee showed pocket jacks, but failed to find help on the turn or river. Obrestad is now up to 1.7 million.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Ronald Lee

Annette Obrestad Wins Massive Pot Against Steve O'Dwyer

Oct 18, '10

Steve O’Dwyer raised to 20,000 from the hijack and Annette Obrestad three-bet him to 65,000 from the button. The flop came down A82 and O’Dwyer checked.

Obrestad continued with a bet of 65,000 and O’Dwyer called. The turn was the A and O’Dwyer checked yet again. Obrestad bet 140,000 and once again, O’Dwyer called.

The river was the 5 and O’Dwyer checked for a third time. Obrestad moved all in, having O’Dwyer’s 268,000 covered. O’Dwyer tanked for six minutes before finally mucking, well into the break. Obrestad didn’t show and took in the pot to boost her stack to 1,145,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Steve O'Dwyer

Brandon Novena Eliminated in 30th Place ($19,344)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad continues to storm up the chip counts. In a hand with Brandon Novena, both players checked a flop of K-Q-8.

Novena then shoved the A on the turn and Obrestad snap called. Novena showed Q-8 for two pair, but Obrestad showed J-10 for the nut straight. The river was a 10 and Novena was eliminated. Obrestad is now in second place with 930,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Brandon Novena

Daniel Alaei Eliminated in 31st Place ($16,120)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad just knocked out Daniel Alaei in a big pot to boost her stack to 630,000.

Alaei picked up A-K, but ran right into Obrestad’s pocket aces to end his tournament run.

Player Tags: Daniel Alaei,   Annette Obrestad

Level 10 Update: End of Day 2

Oct 16, '10

Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 104 out of 335 (Unofficial)

Chip Counts:

Official chip counts will be posted when they are released by the casino.

Average Chip Count: 128,846

Notable Eliminations:

Hasan Habib

Big Hands:

Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead

Many are holding on to survive the day, but Annette Obrestad is only content with building her fortress of chips even higher.

Early in the level, Obrestad three-bet a preflop raiser to 17,000 from the button and the small blind moved all in for 26,000.

The original raiser folded and Obrestad was forced to call the all in with 73. Her opponent showed down AK, but Obrestad made a straight to send him to the rail. She finished the hand with 585,000.

Luke Vrabel Chops It Up With Brandon Steven

Annette Obrestad raised to 3,500 and Brandon Steven made the call from the cutoff. Luke Vrabel then raised too 12,000 from the small blind and after a few minutes of thought, Obrestad made the call.

Steven then immediately moved all in for about 60,000 and Vrabel moved all in behind him for over 100,000. Obrestad sheepishly flashed QJ and mucked, having really wanted to play the hand.

Both Steven and Vrabel showed pocket aces and the board ran out jack high. Obrestad then told her opponents, “I would have doubled you both up.”

Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up

Vivek Rajkumar was all in holding pocket sevens against the A-Q of Vladimir Shchemelev. The board came jack high and Rajkumar doubled up to 82,000. Schchemelev is still stacked with 190,000.

David Singer Doubles Up Through Scott Dorin

On a flop of Q22, David Singer bet and Scott Dorin put him all in. Singer called with KQ for top pair, but was outkicked by Dorin’s AQ.

The turn and river fell K4 and Singer improved to two pair to double up to 54,000. Dorin took a hit down to 26,000.

Poker Tweets

Player Tags: David Singer,   Annette Obrestad,   Vivek Rajkumar,   Scott Dorin,   Luke Vrabel,   Brandon Steven

Annette Obrestad Eliminated in 13th Place ($32,240)

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised all in from middle position and Brandon Steven made the call from the small blind. Obrestad showed Q10, but was dominated by the A10 of Steven.

The board fell 86569 and Obrestad was eliminated from the tournament after going from chip leader to the first player out here on day 5. Steven now has 1,620,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Brandon Steven

Skip Wilson Doubles Through Annette Obrestad Again

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 45,000 from under the gun and Skip Wilson reraised to 150,000. Obrestad reraised all in and Wilson called for 1,065,000. Obrestad showed AK and was racing against Wilson’s pocket queens.

The board fell J83Q7 and Wilson doubled to the chip lead with 2.2 million. Obrestad is left as the short stack with 325,000.

Player Tags: Skip Wilson,   Annette Obrestad

Skip Wilson Doubles Through Annette Obrestad

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 45,000 from middle position and Skip Wilson made the all from the cutoff. Brandon Steven came along in the big blind and the flop was 984.

Obrestad bet 75,000 and Wilson moved all in for 435,000. Steven folded and Obrestad made the call with 1010. Wilson showed A5 and got there when the turn and river fell 77.

Wilson is now up to 1,050,000 while Obrestad drops to 1,450,000.

Player Tags: Skip Wilson,   Annette Obrestad

Chad Batista Eliminated in 16th Place ($25,792)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Chad Batista moved all in from the small blind. Obrestad made the call with pocket tens, which were well ahead of Batista’s pocket eights.

The board fell A74J3 and Batista was eliminated. Obrestad now sits with just over 2 million in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Chad Batista

McLean Karr Eliminated in 17th Place ($25,792)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad raised from under the gun and McLean Karr moved all in for 350,000. Bobby Suer then moved all in to isolate. Obrestad folded and Karr revealed 88.

Suer showed KK and it held on a board of J1075Q. Suer now has 1 million in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Bobby Suer,   Mclean Karr

Ronald Lee Eliminated in 27th Place ($19,344)

Oct 18, '10

The Obrestad train can’t be stopped! Five players saw a flop of 8-4-2 and Ronald Lee bet 50,000. Annette Obrestad then raised to 120,000, driving out the three other players.

Lee moved all in and Obrestad immediately called with pocket kings. Lee showed pocket jacks, but failed to find help on the turn or river. Obrestad is now up to 1.7 million.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Ronald Lee

Annette Obrestad Wins Massive Pot Against Steve O'Dwyer

Oct 18, '10

Steve O’Dwyer raised to 20,000 from the hijack and Annette Obrestad three-bet him to 65,000 from the button. The flop came down A82 and O’Dwyer checked.

Obrestad continued with a bet of 65,000 and O’Dwyer called. The turn was the A and O’Dwyer checked yet again. Obrestad bet 140,000 and once again, O’Dwyer called.

The river was the 5 and O’Dwyer checked for a third time. Obrestad moved all in, having O’Dwyer’s 268,000 covered. O’Dwyer tanked for six minutes before finally mucking, well into the break. Obrestad didn’t show and took in the pot to boost her stack to 1,145,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Steve O'Dwyer

Brandon Novena Eliminated in 30th Place ($19,344)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad continues to storm up the chip counts. In a hand with Brandon Novena, both players checked a flop of K-Q-8.

Novena then shoved the A on the turn and Obrestad snap called. Novena showed Q-8 for two pair, but Obrestad showed J-10 for the nut straight. The river was a 10 and Novena was eliminated. Obrestad is now in second place with 930,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Brandon Novena

Daniel Alaei Eliminated in 31st Place ($16,120)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad just knocked out Daniel Alaei in a big pot to boost her stack to 630,000.

Alaei picked up A-K, but ran right into Obrestad’s pocket aces to end his tournament run.

Player Tags: Daniel Alaei,   Annette Obrestad

Level 10 Update: End of Day 2

Oct 16, '10

Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 104 out of 335 (Unofficial)

Chip Counts:

Official chip counts will be posted when they are released by the casino.

Average Chip Count: 128,846

Notable Eliminations:

Hasan Habib

Big Hands:

Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead

Many are holding on to survive the day, but Annette Obrestad is only content with building her fortress of chips even higher.

Early in the level, Obrestad three-bet a preflop raiser to 17,000 from the button and the small blind moved all in for 26,000.

The original raiser folded and Obrestad was forced to call the all in with 73. Her opponent showed down AK, but Obrestad made a straight to send him to the rail. She finished the hand with 585,000.

Luke Vrabel Chops It Up With Brandon Steven

Annette Obrestad raised to 3,500 and Brandon Steven made the call from the cutoff. Luke Vrabel then raised too 12,000 from the small blind and after a few minutes of thought, Obrestad made the call.

Steven then immediately moved all in for about 60,000 and Vrabel moved all in behind him for over 100,000. Obrestad sheepishly flashed QJ and mucked, having really wanted to play the hand.

Both Steven and Vrabel showed pocket aces and the board ran out jack high. Obrestad then told her opponents, “I would have doubled you both up.”

Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up

Vivek Rajkumar was all in holding pocket sevens against the A-Q of Vladimir Shchemelev. The board came jack high and Rajkumar doubled up to 82,000. Schchemelev is still stacked with 190,000.

David Singer Doubles Up Through Scott Dorin

On a flop of Q22, David Singer bet and Scott Dorin put him all in. Singer called with KQ for top pair, but was outkicked by Dorin’s AQ.

The turn and river fell K4 and Singer improved to two pair to double up to 54,000. Dorin took a hit down to 26,000.

Poker Tweets

Player Tags: David Singer,   Annette Obrestad,   Vivek Rajkumar,   Scott Dorin,   Luke Vrabel,   Brandon Steven

O'Dea Damages Obrestad

Oct 01, '10

Coming in late into the action on a 10 8 6 5 board there is 39,000 in the pot and Annette Obrestad has put 35,000 out in front of her from the small blind. Eoghan O’Dea, (son of Irish poker hero Donnacha), thought for a moment and then quietly announced he was all in from the hijack for 41,000 and Obrestad threw in the rest. Obrestad flipped over 7 6 for a flush draw, and up and down straight draw, and a pair, and O’Dea had to dodge a lot of bullets on the river with his pocket jacks.

The river was the Q keeping O’Dea safe and doubling him up to 121,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Eoghan O'Dea

Annette Obrestad Chips Up

Sep 30, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 2,300 from early position and Chino Rheem and one other opponent made the call. The flop fell 10 10 5 and Obrestad bet 4,500. Rheem raised to 10,500 and the other player mucked. Obrestad made the call and the turn fell 2. Both players checked and the river fell 7. Both players checked again and Obrestad flipped over pocket jacks to win the hand and grow her stack to 70,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad

Annette Obrestad Wins Heads-Up Event

Sep 29, '10

Annette Obrestad just won the heads-up no-limit hold’em event, which was good for £120,000. Her pocket tens held against the pocket nines of Bernd Gleissner, who took home £60,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad

Heads-Up Final Set

Sep 29, '10

Annette Obrestad has advanced to the finals of the heads-up no-limit hold’em event. She will face Bernd Gleissner in the final later this evening. We will let you know if she is able to take down another title here in London.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad

O'Dea Damages Obrestad

Oct 01, '10

Coming in late into the action on a 10 8 6 5 board there is 39,000 in the pot and Annette Obrestad has put 35,000 out in front of her from the small blind. Eoghan O’Dea, (son of Irish poker hero Donnacha), thought for a moment and then quietly announced he was all in from the hijack for 41,000 and Obrestad threw in the rest. Obrestad flipped over 7 6 for a flush draw, and up and down straight draw, and a pair, and O’Dea had to dodge a lot of bullets on the river with his pocket jacks.

The river was the Q keeping O’Dea safe and doubling him up to 121,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Eoghan O'Dea

Annette Obrestad Chips Up

Sep 30, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 2,300 from early position and Chino Rheem and one other opponent made the call. The flop fell 10 10 5 and Obrestad bet 4,500. Rheem raised to 10,500 and the other player mucked. Obrestad made the call and the turn fell 2. Both players checked and the river fell 7. Both players checked again and Obrestad flipped over pocket jacks to win the hand and grow her stack to 70,000.

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Annette Obrestad Wins Heads-Up Event

Sep 29, '10

Annette Obrestad just won the heads-up no-limit hold’em event, which was good for £120,000. Her pocket tens held against the pocket nines of Bernd Gleissner, who took home £60,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad

Heads-Up Final Set

Sep 29, '10

Annette Obrestad has advanced to the finals of the heads-up no-limit hold’em event. She will face Bernd Gleissner in the final later this evening. We will let you know if she is able to take down another title here in London.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad