If poker has prodigies, Annette Obrestad is the one who never needed an origin story — she created one.
Before she could legally step into a Las Vegas casino, before she could buy a beer, before she could even graduate high school…she had already terrorized the online poker streets under the name Annette_15.
🧑🦯 The Blind Tournament Story (Yes, She Really Did This)
In 2007, she entered a tiny $4 online sit-and-go and decided to prove a point:
You don’t need cards. You need skill.
Annette played the ENTIRE tournament without looking at her cards, peeking only when someone shoved on her.
180 players entered. Annette won the whole thing.
🔥 The Night She Became The Youngest WSOP Champion Ever
A few months later, still only 18 years of age, Annette entered the inaugural WSOP Europe Main Event in London.
The field was stacked.
The pressure was unreal.
The poker world didn’t know her yet, but they would soon.
She battled with the pros and legends to reach the final table and then play heads-up against John Tabatabai.
🕰 Hours later, she won the bracelet and £1,000,000 (worth over $2M at the time), becoming:
the youngest WSOP bracelet winner of all time
the highest single-score female player in history up to that moment
the future of poker, revealed in one night!
She wasn’t just beating the field — she was 🧠 outthinking the entire room.
Annette Obrestad didn’t just break the rules, she rewrote them.
And the craziest part is this 👇
Poker might never see a prodigy like her again.
She remains one of the most influential female players ever and one of the greatest natural talents poker has ever seen.
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