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Annette Obrestad (Annette_15) has finished 2nd in the Wynn Classic main event in Las Vegas, winning $215,922.  This takes her career winnings in live tournaments up to $3.7 million.   She’s currently 4th in the women’s all time money winners list behind Kathy Liebert, Vanessa Selbst, and Annie Duke.

212 players paid the $5K entry fee for the event.  Here are the top finishers:

1st       Timothy West    $318,738     
2nd       Annette Obrestad    $215,922     
3rd       Matt Waxman    $120,814     
4th       Max Steinberg    $71,974     
5th       Eric Froehlich    $51,410     
6th       Vasilis Lazarou    $41,128     
7th       Carter King    $30,846     
8th       Francisco Fernandes Braga    $20,564     
9th       John Kim    $17,944     
10th       David Wooldridge    $15,423     
11th       Men “The Master” Nguyen    $15,423     
12th       William Kopp    $15,423     
13th       Konstantin Streletskiy    $12,853     
14th       Audley Harrison    $12,853     
15th       Marcus Gonsalves    $12,853     
16th       Alben Barkley    $10,282     
17th       Robert Notkin    $10,282     
18th       Gerald J DeNicholas    $10,282 

There was an interesting thing in the news today. In the UK Annette_15 was being used by Betfair to advertise their site. However there was a complaint. Not only is Annette quite young looking, but it was suggested that her actual screenname “Annette_15″ suggested she is younger than she actually is (she is currently 20 btw).

Whilst reviewing this complaint it was declared that there was in fact a law banning persons below 25 from being used for gambling advertising. Betfair seemed unaware of this law. They have therefore subsequently stated that they wont use Annette_15 again in the UK in any advertising compaigns.

It seems a little harsh considering that Annette won the WSOPE main event in the UK, making her a prime advertising asset. I guess I can see both sides of the argument, and hopefully it wont mean that Annette’s Betfair sponsorship is not renewed.