In 2007, the very first time the WSOP left Vegas to come to Europe, a Norwegian online poker prodigy, known up to then by her screen name Annette_15, set several records that have not been bested since. Annette Obrestad won the WSOPE champion title on the eve of her 19th birthday, becoming the only woman and the youngest player to have won a World Series Main Event, at 18 years and 364 days. Her $2,017,319 first-place prize is still the largest single cash by a female poker player.
Just two months later, in November 2007, Annette came close to capturing a second major victory, in EPT4 Dublin, when she played heads up for the title but finished second.
Obrestad topped Norway's all-time money list for years and only stepped down to second place in 2014, when her fellow countryman, November Niner @Felix Vincent Stephensen, finished runner-up.
