World Series of Poker Europe

Annette Obrestad, an 18 year old from Norway has won the first World Series of Poker Europe Main Event and £1 million. 

The event was brought to a close in London's Leicester Square in the Casino at the Empire when the 18 year old, one day off her 19th birthday beat the best in the World to win the coveted inaugural first prize of £1 Million and the first Main Event Bracelet to be won outside of the US.

The £10,000 No Limit Holdem event saw a total of 357 competitors enter the tournament including some of the biggest names in poker. 

In the end the heads-up game came down to Annette and John Tabatabai with Annette taking the game down when she flops top set against John's two pair. 

The final table results were, as follows:

1. Annette Obrestad, £1,000,000
2. John Tabatabai, £570,150
3. Matthew McCullough, £381,910
4. Oyvind Riisem, £257,020
5. Johannes Korsar, £191,860
6. Dominic Kay, £152,040
7. Magnus Persson, £114,030
8. Theo Jorgensen, £85,070
9. James Keys, £61,540

All in all it was a very successful set of tournaments for European players with all three WSOPE bracelets being won by European players and none of hthe big name players from the US taking any of them home. 

After its successful start the WSOPE is all set to provide more annual tournaments in Europe that are bound to go from strength to strength as the game quickly grows outside of the US.  Next year it will be even bigger and better.

Karma: 4 2