Mark your calendar: WSOP 2008 will take place May 30 through July 17, 2008. The schedule is far from finalized, but Harrah’s has released the above dates so you can make your travel plans now. See you at the Rio.
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A few days short of 19 years of age, Anne Obrestad has become the youngest Player to win a WSOP bracelet.
Annette is Norwegian, born in Sandnes, where she has just finished her High School years. She received her earliest poker instruction from her father who taught her stud. This young champion ought to be a Chris Ferguson protege. She built her bankroll from scratch after winning a freeroll as she was underage and here mom wouldn’t let her use her credit card. Played supertight unfancy poker. Moved up in limits and changed her game.
As this graph of her SNG play at PS shows, she has been successful at lower limit SNGs, but at the upper limits she has very modest ROIs.
Since the early days of freerolls and lower limits, she has become a multi-table tournament specialist with multiple first place and final table cashes across here favorite sites. She plays at Full Tilt as annette_15. She is a regular at Pocketfives where she has topped the leader board, won the triple crown. In one of her largest wins, she finished 7th in the Poker Stars WCOOP Main Event, winning $163,150
Her victory at WSOP-E is surprising not only considering the fact that she is an 18 year old girl from Norway, but also because live poker is illegal in Norway and she has very little live experience. That said, she managed to finish 37th at the Aruba Classic in 2006. In 2007 she’s placed 5th at the EPT Grand final, 13th at the PaddyPower Irish Open, and 18th at the Barcelona Open.
As a result of her first place win, she now tops the Women’s all time money list. At the speed this young norwegian is tearing it up, Annie Duke has some her work cut out for her.
Today Jamie Gold took home the big prize - beating out all the competition he took home the >12 million dollar prize..
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Dinner Break - Play is suspended for an hour and a half. We are signing off from the East Coast office. For more results overnight stick with Pauly, I’m sure he’ll be up all night.
Midnight Chip Count
Jamie Gold51M
Paul Wasicka 15M
Allen Cunningham 14M
Michael Binger 7M
Rhett Butler 3M
11:55 Jamie Gold is over 50M in chips - Richard Lee raised 1M with JJ - Jamie reraised his QQ to 4M - Richard Lee went all-in and Jamie called. No help came. Lee is out. Jamie extends his lead unbelievably far. Allen could catch up if he doubles through four times or so…
9:48 Rhett Butler took down a little pot - pushed Jamie Gold off of it. I’m still pulling for Allen Cunningham. I’d like him to win so I can take all his money in his room at Full Tilt
9:46 Chip Count
| Jamie Gold | 38M |
| Richard Lee | 19M |
| Paul Wasicka | 14M |
| Allen Cunningham | 13M |
| Rhett Butler | 3.1M |
| Michael Binger | 2.8M |
9:43 Phil Gordon lost $100 in roshambo to David Gray.
9:30 Wasicka’s QQ vs. Kim’s 99. All in preflop. 443 flop. J on the turn. Kim is 5% to survive. River is a 7 and Kim is out. He takes home 2.4 million dollars.
9:12 Phil mentioned that Paul Wasicka made a commitment to his Bad Beat on Cancer charity after making the final table. Sweet gesture.
9:02 Doug Kim bet. Wasicka re-raised all-in. Doug Folded.
8:50 Richard Lee raises and wins the antes.
8:49 Doyle to Phil re: Johnny Chan’s advice to Gold - play aggressive because that’s the way you win these things…
8:21 Gold vs. Friberg (QQ vs. JJ) Flop nada - Turn nada - River is an irrelevant Queen - 1.97 Million for Friberg but he’s out.
8:14 Poker-Mac $100 Added Tourney is under way!!!
7:59 Just noticed that Party Poker (BONUS CODE: MACMAC) has their logo right smack in the middle of the tables…
7:54 ESPN.com is taking questions for their color commentators (Phil Gordon and guests - Raymer right now). www.espn.com/poker.
7:53 All In at the table - Paul Wasicka takes the blinds.
7:36 They’re back at the table
7:27 Sam Farha loses to Chris Moneymaker - Jacks high vs. two pair -> fives full on the river for moneymaker. I didn’t even know they were still in it…
7:13 Break - Chipcount
Jamie Gold 32 million
Richard Lee 16 million
Allen Cunningham 12 million
Erik Friberg 6 million
Doug Kim 7 million
Rhett Butler 5 million
Paul Wasicka 4 million
Michael Binger 4 million
7:08 Last hand before the break. Michael Binger raises $500,000. Called by Doug Kim. Michael checks the flop of 8JJ. Turn is Q. Kim bets 750,000 on the turn. Binger folds.
6:55 Rain is gone. Yay!!!
6:49 Jamie and Allen. On the flop Allen raises big. My wife thinks he was bluffing. Anyhow, Allen takes it down.
6:42 Erik and Jamie go at it. Erik won this one.
6:38 Chip Count
Jamie Gold 35 million
Richard Lee 16 million
Allen Cunningham 11 million
Erik Friberg
Doug Kim
Paul Wasicka
Rhett Butler
Michael Binger 4 million
dam - wasn’t on the ESPN screen long
6:37 Allen Cunningham blew a snot rocket at the table.
6:31 Phil Gordon is chatting with Jeff Madsen - college student who won 2 bracelets this year.
6:24 Pauly banned me from his haloscan — oops didn’t mean to compete - Sorry Pauly.
Great hand right now - Jamie Gold limped UTG - Friberg called - Allen called - 998 flop 2 hearts - Friberg faked a check - jamie raised - friberg called - Allen called -> the turn exploded - friberg backed out - Allen called a big bet by jamie - then Allen was outkicked on the river - both had 9s.
Jamie is over 35 million in chips now.
6:13 Johnny Chan’s student (Jamie Gold) takes a $1,000,000 POT by raising a million - Friberg and Binger were in the pot and folded
6:06 Something happened. In between the digital static I can hear cheering
5:43 Rain is killing me - check out Dr. Pauly’s updates
5:43 PM First player (Nassif) is out - AK v. 22 (Gold) who hit a set on the flop. Nassif pushed, Jamie Gold called and Nassif did not improve. He wins about 1.5 million.
