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Obrestad wins performance gong at European Poker Awards

2007-12-10 14:44:52

Norwegian poker prodigy Anette Obrestad has been given the accolade for tournament performance of the year at this year's European Poker Awards.

The 19-year-old won £1 million ($2.04 million) at the World Series of Poker Europe main event when she was still only 18.

It was the highest amount of money ever won by a woman in a single poker tournament.

Obrestad said: "I am so happy to win this award. I prefer this one than rookie of the year because I was up against such great players.

"I am still learning so much. There are still a lot of areas of my live game that can improve […] but I am getting better all the time."

Obrestad recently appeared in a top ten list of highest-earning female poker players compiled by PokerNews.

She was in third place behind Kathy Liebert and Annie Duke.

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