Annette Obrestad Poker Tournament Updates

Annette. Three-Bet. C-Bet.

Jul 17, '16

The action folded to the button and Jesse Yaginuma raised to 500. From the small blind Annette Obrestad three-bet to 1,500 and Yaginuma made the call.

The flop came down K105 and Obrestad wasted no time in cutting out a continuation bet of 1,700.

Yaginuma folded and Obrestad took down the pot.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad

Early Notables In The Field

Jul 17, '16

Players are making their way into the poker room to join the field early on day 1A.

Recognizable faces to already have taken a seat include Venetian poker room ambassador and 2007 WSOP Europe main event champion Annette Obrestad, recent WSOP $3,000 no-limit hold’em shootout seventh-place finisher Jesse Yaginuma, Farzad Bonyadi and Samantha Cohen, who finished 16th in the 2013 CPPT Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza $5,000 main event for $15,311.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad

Gone, Gone, Gone

Mar 16, '15

We’ve lost Annette Obrestad, Keith Ferrera, Eli Elezra, Carlos Mortensen, David Singer, Ben Yu and “Miami” John Cernuto.

There are nine tables left with about three and a half levels left to play in the night.

Player Tags: Eli Elezra,   Annette Obrestad,   Keith Ferrera

Guarantee Surpassed as Field Grows!

Mar 16, '15

With 83 entrants yesterday and 87 players already seated on Day 1B, we have exceeded the $300,000 guarantee. We will have official prizepool numbers and payouts after registration closes this evening.

So far in the field we have spotted Annette Obrestad, John Eaton, Brent Hanks, Eric Baldwin, Samantha Cohen, John Kim, Ben Palmer, Justin Young, “Miami” John Cernuto and Keith Ferrera.

Eric Baldwin

“Miami” John Cernuto

Brent Hanks

Annette Obrestad

Ben Palmer

John Eaton

Player Tags: John Cernuto,   Annette Obrestad,   Brent Hanks

Level Three Update: Lex Veldhuis Eliminates a Player

Jul 07, '11

NOTE: Levels are two hours in length and players are starting with 30,000 in chips.

Players on Day 1A: ~900

Blinds: 150-300

Notables in Field:

Brian Hastings
TJ Cloutier
Doyle Brunson
Matt Affleck
Greg Raymer
Filippo Candio
Matt Glantz
Adam Levy
Faraz Jaka
Tatjana Pasalic
Jason Alexander
Josh Arieh
Vanessa Selbst
Nam Le
Lex Veldhuis
Dutch Boyd
Olivier Busquet

Card Player Chip Counts:

Barry Shulman — 27,500
Josh Brikis — 40,000

Notable Eliminations:

Tom Schneider
Ari Engel
Jeffrey Papola

Hands:

Lex Veldhuis Eliminates a Player

Lex Veldhuis raised to 800 and three people called. Sam Farha made it 4,000. Veldhuis just called. Two folds and one call later the flop came 6-5-3. Farha bets 5,000, and Veldhuis called. The button shoved for 20,000, and Farha called. Veldhuis raised 15,000 more and Farha folded. Veldhuis was up against pocket fours and managed to dodge the outs to build his stack to 85,000.

Annette Obrestad off to Good Start

On a flop of J 9 3 flop, Annette Obrestad bet 1,000 after her opponent checked, and he called. The 3 came on the turn it was once again checked to Obrestad. She bet 2,100 and was called again. The 4 landed on the river, and Obrestad’s opponent bet 6,500. Obrestad called and was shown the K 3. However, she was good with her 8 6 for a flush and was up to 45,000 after the hand.

Matt Affleck Starting off on Wrong Foot

Chris Bjorin checked and Matt Affleck bet 1,200 on a flop of 8 8 4. Bjorin check-raised to 2,500, and Affleck called. The 8 fell on the turn. Bjorin bet 2,500 and Affleck called. The 6 on the river prompted a 7,000-chip bet from Bjorin and it was once again called. Bjorin exposed the 86 for the nuts and Affleck mucked.

Eli Elezra Slips, Still Has a Ton of Chips

Eli Elezra called a 700 preflop raise and the flop came A 10 10. The player bet 1,200 and Elezra called. The J fell on turn, and it was checked to Elezra, who bet 2,200. That bet was called and it was again checked to Elezra after a 4 fell on the river. Elezra bet 5,100 and was check-raised to 10,400. Elezra called and was shown J-10. He mucked and was down to 85,000 after the hand.

TV Feature Table: Doyle Brunson off to Slow Start

Doyle Brunson called 800 from the small blind. The flop came A 5 5 and action went check check. The 4 on the turn promoted a check from Brunson. His opponent bet 1,000 and Brunson mucked. He was down to 20,000 after the hand.

Note: The players are currently on a 90-minute dinner break and will return to their seats at 8:15 local time.

Player Tags: Chris Bjorin,   Doyle Brunson,   Eli Elezra,   Annette Obrestad,   Lex Veldhuis,   Matt Affleck

Ayaz Mahmood Defeats Annette Obrestad

Mar 04, '11

Another quick match in the books. Annette Obrestad was put to the test for the rest of her stack on a board reading AJ3A and she finally called holding KJ for a pair and a flush draw.

Mahmood turned over A4, however, and his trips held when the 10 hit the river. Mahmood will now face off against Barry Greenstein in the round of 32.

Player Tags: Ayaz Mahmood,   Annette Obrestad

Annette Obresatd Eliminated

Jan 26, '11

Annette Obrestad (big blind) got the last of her chips into the middle preflop against Wang Qiang (UTG). Their cards:

Obrestad: 5 5
Qiang: A K

Board: K 4 3 J 6

Obrestad was eliminated on the hand and Qiang grew his stack to 700,000 after the hand, which is good for the chip lead.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Wang Qiang

Annette Takes Another Hit

Jan 23, '11

The flop read K 10 2 and Annette Obrestad bet 650 on the button. The big blind made the call and the 6 fell on the turn.

Obrestad bet 1,500 and her opponent called once again. The 8 fell on the river and Obrestad bet 2,600. Their cards:

Obrestad: K 7
Big Blind; K Q

Obrestad mucked her hand and she fell to 7,500 in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad

Annette Takes a Hit

Jan 23, '11

The flop read A 9 6 when Annette Obrestad bet 350 and one opponent made the call. The turn fell 7 and Obrestad checked. The player in middle position bet 1,025 and Obrestad made the call.

The 5 fell on the river and 2,200 was the price of admission on the river. Obrestad revealed A Q but the player in middle position turned over 8 to win the pot with a straight.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad

Obrestad vs. Nelson

Jan 23, '11

The flop read 10 7 5 when Annette Obrestad bet 700 and Lee Nelson made the call. The 10 fell on the river and Nelson bet 2,350. Obrestad made the call.

The river fell 3 and the former Aussie Millions champion fired out another bet, this tim tossing in 3,500. Obrestad thought for a moment but she then mucked her cards.

Player Tags: Lee Nelson,   Annette Obrestad

Level 5: Obrestad, Boeree Exit

Nov 12, '10

Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante

Players Remaining: 277 of 330

Eliminations:

Shaun Deeb
Liv Boeree
Annette Obrestad
Alex Kamberis

Big Hands:

James Campbell Surges Up The Leaderboard

James Campbell called the all in bet from Paul Volpe and found that his pocket tens were way ahead of pocket eights.

The board offered no help for the man known as paulgees and Campbell raked in the pot to move to 65,000 in chips.

Michael Benvenuti Gets Back To Even

On a board reading 10822, Michael Benvenuti found a way to get all in holding JJ. His opponent made the call with A-10, but failed to catch up.

Benvenuti is now sitting with 33,000, just over the starting stack.

Jason Mercier Applies All In Pressure

The hijack raised to 1,000 and Jason Mercier reraised to 2,475 from the cutoff. The hijack called and the flop fell J95.

The hijack led for 6,200, leaving himself with just 22,000 behind. Mercier then moved all in and took the pot when his opponent folded.

The Team PokerStars Pro now has 39,000 in chips.

Shaun Deeb Busts With Trips

On a board reading AJ636, Shaun Deeb moved all in over the top of a 6,000 bet from Vincente Garcia.

Garcia snap called and showed pocket threes for the boat, while Deeb flashed a six before gathering his stuff to head out the door.

Annette Obrestad Gets Bad Beat By Isaac Haxton

Annette Obrestad was all in and ahead with pocket kings against the AQ of Isaac Haxton.

Unfortunately, the dealer rolled out a board of 84253, giving Haxton a straight and the winning hand.

Player Tags: James Campbell,   Annette Obrestad,   Isaac Haxton,   Liv Boeree,   Michael Benvenuti

Level 10 Update: End of Day 2

Oct 16, '10

Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 104 out of 335 (Unofficial)

Chip Counts:

Official chip counts will be posted when they are released by the casino.

Average Chip Count: 128,846

Notable Eliminations:

Hasan Habib

Big Hands:

Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead

Many are holding on to survive the day, but Annette Obrestad is only content with building her fortress of chips even higher.

Early in the level, Obrestad three-bet a preflop raiser to 17,000 from the button and the small blind moved all in for 26,000.

The original raiser folded and Obrestad was forced to call the all in with 73. Her opponent showed down AK, but Obrestad made a straight to send him to the rail. She finished the hand with 585,000.

Luke Vrabel Chops It Up With Brandon Steven

Annette Obrestad raised to 3,500 and Brandon Steven made the call from the cutoff. Luke Vrabel then raised too 12,000 from the small blind and after a few minutes of thought, Obrestad made the call.

Steven then immediately moved all in for about 60,000 and Vrabel moved all in behind him for over 100,000. Obrestad sheepishly flashed QJ and mucked, having really wanted to play the hand.

Both Steven and Vrabel showed pocket aces and the board ran out jack high. Obrestad then told her opponents, “I would have doubled you both up.”

Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up

Vivek Rajkumar was all in holding pocket sevens against the A-Q of Vladimir Shchemelev. The board came jack high and Rajkumar doubled up to 82,000. Schchemelev is still stacked with 190,000.

David Singer Doubles Up Through Scott Dorin

On a flop of Q22, David Singer bet and Scott Dorin put him all in. Singer called with KQ for top pair, but was outkicked by Dorin’s AQ.

The turn and river fell K4 and Singer improved to two pair to double up to 54,000. Dorin took a hit down to 26,000.

Poker Tweets

Player Tags: David Singer,   Annette Obrestad,   V R,   Scott Dorin,   Luke Vrabel,   Brandon Steven

Level 9 Update: Annette Obrestad Dominating

Oct 16, '10

Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 128 out of 335 (Unofficial)

Chip Counts:

1. Annette Obrestad — 480,000
2. Matt Affleck — 456,000
3. Men Nguyen — 300,000
4. Owen Crowe — 280,000
5. Trevor Pope — 260,000
6. Barry Greenstein — 220,000
7. Mark Newhouse — 215,000
8. Thomas Marchese — 210,000
9. Jared Jaffee — 200,000
10. Sorel Mizzi — 190,000

Average Chip Count: 104,687

Notable Eliminations:

Jeff Shulman
Howard Lederer
Isabelle Mercier
Erica Schoenberg
Hafiz Khan
Kara Scott
Christian Harder
Phil Ivey

Big Hands:

Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead

Dan Schiff raised to 3,000 from the button and Annette Obrestad reraised to 10,000 from the small blind. Schiff made the call and the flop fell Q 9 9. Obrestad bet 13,500 and Schiff raised to 32,000. Obrestad reraised to 68,500 and Schiff made the call.

The turn fell 7 and both players checked. The 6 fell on the river and Schiff bet 35,000. Obrestad made the call and Schiff flipped over A J. Obrestad showed down A Q and Schiff lost the hand to drop his stack to 24,000. Obrestad held 461,000 after the hand and the chip lead.

Jeff Shulman Eliminated

A player under the gun raised to 3,500 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call right behind him. The hi-jack then reraised to 11,400 and both opponents made the call. The flop fell 6 4 2 and all three players checked. The turn fell K and Shulman bet 15,000.

UTG mucked and the hi-jack made the call. The river fell 8 and Shulman bet 25,000. His opponent raised all in and Shulman made the all-in call. The hi-jack flipped over 5 3 for the flopped straight and Shulman was eliminated on the hand.

Christian Harder Eliminated

Christian Harder was all in preflop and Jeff Madsen had him covered. Their cards:

Harder: A J
Madsen: Q Q

Board: K 6 2 8 3

Madsen won the hand to grow his stack to 265,000 and Harder was eliminated.

Phil Ivey Eliminated

Phil Ivey moved all in for 35,500 under the gun preflop and Michael Benvenuti made the call in late position. Their cards:

Ivey: J 8
Benvenuti: A 10

The board bricked out on Ivey and he was eliminated on the hand. Benvenuti was up to 85,000 after collecting the pot.

Poker Tweets

Player Tags: Jeff Shulman,   Phil Ivey,   Jeff Madsen,   Annette Obrestad,   Christian Harder,   Michael Benvenuti

Chad Batista Eliminated in 16th Place ($25,792)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Chad Batista moved all in from the small blind. Obrestad made the call with pocket tens, which were well ahead of Batista’s pocket eights.

The board fell A74J3 and Batista was eliminated. Obrestad now sits with just over 2 million in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Chad Batista

McLean Karr Eliminated in 17th Place ($25,792)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad raised from under the gun and McLean Karr moved all in for 350,000. Bobby Suer then moved all in to isolate. Obrestad folded and Karr revealed 88.

Suer showed KK and it held on a board of J1075Q. Suer now has 1 million in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Bobby Suer,   Mclean Karr

Ronald Lee Eliminated in 27th Place ($19,344)

Oct 18, '10

The Obrestad train can’t be stopped! Five players saw a flop of 8-4-2 and Ronald Lee bet 50,000. Annette Obrestad then raised to 120,000, driving out the three other players.

Lee moved all in and Obrestad immediately called with pocket kings. Lee showed pocket jacks, but failed to find help on the turn or river. Obrestad is now up to 1.7 million.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Ronald Lee

Annette Obrestad Wins Massive Pot Against Steve O'Dwyer

Oct 18, '10

Steve O’Dwyer raised to 20,000 from the hijack and Annette Obrestad three-bet him to 65,000 from the button. The flop came down A82 and O’Dwyer checked.

Obrestad continued with a bet of 65,000 and O’Dwyer called. The turn was the A and O’Dwyer checked yet again. Obrestad bet 140,000 and once again, O’Dwyer called.

The river was the 5 and O’Dwyer checked for a third time. Obrestad moved all in, having O’Dwyer’s 268,000 covered. O’Dwyer tanked for six minutes before finally mucking, well into the break. Obrestad didn’t show and took in the pot to boost her stack to 1,145,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Steve O'Dwyer

Brandon Novena Eliminated in 30th Place ($19,344)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad continues to storm up the chip counts. In a hand with Brandon Novena, both players checked a flop of K-Q-8.

Novena then shoved the A on the turn and Obrestad snap called. Novena showed Q-8 for two pair, but Obrestad showed J-10 for the nut straight. The river was a 10 and Novena was eliminated. Obrestad is now in second place with 930,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Brandon Novena

Daniel Alaei Eliminated in 31st Place ($16,120)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad just knocked out Daniel Alaei in a big pot to boost her stack to 630,000.

Alaei picked up A-K, but ran right into Obrestad’s pocket aces to end his tournament run.

Player Tags: Daniel Alaei,   Annette Obrestad

Annette Obrestad Eliminated in 13th Place ($32,240)

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised all in from middle position and Brandon Steven made the call from the small blind. Obrestad showed Q10, but was dominated by the A10 of Steven.

The board fell 86569 and Obrestad was eliminated from the tournament after going from chip leader to the first player out here on day 5. Steven now has 1,620,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Brandon Steven

Skip Wilson Doubles Through Annette Obrestad Again

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 45,000 from under the gun and Skip Wilson reraised to 150,000. Obrestad reraised all in and Wilson called for 1,065,000. Obrestad showed AK and was racing against Wilson’s pocket queens.

The board fell J83Q7 and Wilson doubled to the chip lead with 2.2 million. Obrestad is left as the short stack with 325,000.

Player Tags: Skip Wilson,   Annette Obrestad

Level 10 Update: End of Day 2

Oct 16, '10

Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 104 out of 335 (Unofficial)

Chip Counts:

Official chip counts will be posted when they are released by the casino.

Average Chip Count: 128,846

Notable Eliminations:

Hasan Habib

Big Hands:

Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead

Many are holding on to survive the day, but Annette Obrestad is only content with building her fortress of chips even higher.

Early in the level, Obrestad three-bet a preflop raiser to 17,000 from the button and the small blind moved all in for 26,000.

The original raiser folded and Obrestad was forced to call the all in with 73. Her opponent showed down AK, but Obrestad made a straight to send him to the rail. She finished the hand with 585,000.

Luke Vrabel Chops It Up With Brandon Steven

Annette Obrestad raised to 3,500 and Brandon Steven made the call from the cutoff. Luke Vrabel then raised too 12,000 from the small blind and after a few minutes of thought, Obrestad made the call.

Steven then immediately moved all in for about 60,000 and Vrabel moved all in behind him for over 100,000. Obrestad sheepishly flashed QJ and mucked, having really wanted to play the hand.

Both Steven and Vrabel showed pocket aces and the board ran out jack high. Obrestad then told her opponents, “I would have doubled you both up.”

Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up

Vivek Rajkumar was all in holding pocket sevens against the A-Q of Vladimir Shchemelev. The board came jack high and Rajkumar doubled up to 82,000. Schchemelev is still stacked with 190,000.

David Singer Doubles Up Through Scott Dorin

On a flop of Q22, David Singer bet and Scott Dorin put him all in. Singer called with KQ for top pair, but was outkicked by Dorin’s AQ.

The turn and river fell K4 and Singer improved to two pair to double up to 54,000. Dorin took a hit down to 26,000.

Poker Tweets

Player Tags: David Singer,   Annette Obrestad,   V R,   Scott Dorin,   Luke Vrabel,   Brandon Steven

Level 9 Update: Annette Obrestad Dominating

Oct 16, '10

Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 128 out of 335 (Unofficial)

Chip Counts:

1. Annette Obrestad — 480,000
2. Matt Affleck — 456,000
3. Men Nguyen — 300,000
4. Owen Crowe — 280,000
5. Trevor Pope — 260,000
6. Barry Greenstein — 220,000
7. Mark Newhouse — 215,000
8. Thomas Marchese — 210,000
9. Jared Jaffee — 200,000
10. Sorel Mizzi — 190,000

Average Chip Count: 104,687

Notable Eliminations:

Jeff Shulman
Howard Lederer
Isabelle Mercier
Erica Schoenberg
Hafiz Khan
Kara Scott
Christian Harder
Phil Ivey

Big Hands:

Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead

Dan Schiff raised to 3,000 from the button and Annette Obrestad reraised to 10,000 from the small blind. Schiff made the call and the flop fell Q 9 9. Obrestad bet 13,500 and Schiff raised to 32,000. Obrestad reraised to 68,500 and Schiff made the call.

The turn fell 7 and both players checked. The 6 fell on the river and Schiff bet 35,000. Obrestad made the call and Schiff flipped over A J. Obrestad showed down A Q and Schiff lost the hand to drop his stack to 24,000. Obrestad held 461,000 after the hand and the chip lead.

Jeff Shulman Eliminated

A player under the gun raised to 3,500 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call right behind him. The hi-jack then reraised to 11,400 and both opponents made the call. The flop fell 6 4 2 and all three players checked. The turn fell K and Shulman bet 15,000.

UTG mucked and the hi-jack made the call. The river fell 8 and Shulman bet 25,000. His opponent raised all in and Shulman made the all-in call. The hi-jack flipped over 5 3 for the flopped straight and Shulman was eliminated on the hand.

Christian Harder Eliminated

Christian Harder was all in preflop and Jeff Madsen had him covered. Their cards:

Harder: A J
Madsen: Q Q

Board: K 6 2 8 3

Madsen won the hand to grow his stack to 265,000 and Harder was eliminated.

Phil Ivey Eliminated

Phil Ivey moved all in for 35,500 under the gun preflop and Michael Benvenuti made the call in late position. Their cards:

Ivey: J 8
Benvenuti: A 10

The board bricked out on Ivey and he was eliminated on the hand. Benvenuti was up to 85,000 after collecting the pot.

Poker Tweets

Player Tags: Jeff Shulman,   Phil Ivey,   Jeff Madsen,   Annette Obrestad,   Christian Harder,   Michael Benvenuti

Chad Batista Eliminated in 16th Place ($25,792)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Chad Batista moved all in from the small blind. Obrestad made the call with pocket tens, which were well ahead of Batista’s pocket eights.

The board fell A74J3 and Batista was eliminated. Obrestad now sits with just over 2 million in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Chad Batista

McLean Karr Eliminated in 17th Place ($25,792)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad raised from under the gun and McLean Karr moved all in for 350,000. Bobby Suer then moved all in to isolate. Obrestad folded and Karr revealed 88.

Suer showed KK and it held on a board of J1075Q. Suer now has 1 million in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Bobby Suer,   Mclean Karr

Ronald Lee Eliminated in 27th Place ($19,344)

Oct 18, '10

The Obrestad train can’t be stopped! Five players saw a flop of 8-4-2 and Ronald Lee bet 50,000. Annette Obrestad then raised to 120,000, driving out the three other players.

Lee moved all in and Obrestad immediately called with pocket kings. Lee showed pocket jacks, but failed to find help on the turn or river. Obrestad is now up to 1.7 million.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Ronald Lee

Annette Obrestad Wins Massive Pot Against Steve O'Dwyer

Oct 18, '10

Steve O’Dwyer raised to 20,000 from the hijack and Annette Obrestad three-bet him to 65,000 from the button. The flop came down A82 and O’Dwyer checked.

Obrestad continued with a bet of 65,000 and O’Dwyer called. The turn was the A and O’Dwyer checked yet again. Obrestad bet 140,000 and once again, O’Dwyer called.

The river was the 5 and O’Dwyer checked for a third time. Obrestad moved all in, having O’Dwyer’s 268,000 covered. O’Dwyer tanked for six minutes before finally mucking, well into the break. Obrestad didn’t show and took in the pot to boost her stack to 1,145,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Steve O'Dwyer

Brandon Novena Eliminated in 30th Place ($19,344)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad continues to storm up the chip counts. In a hand with Brandon Novena, both players checked a flop of K-Q-8.

Novena then shoved the A on the turn and Obrestad snap called. Novena showed Q-8 for two pair, but Obrestad showed J-10 for the nut straight. The river was a 10 and Novena was eliminated. Obrestad is now in second place with 930,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Brandon Novena

Daniel Alaei Eliminated in 31st Place ($16,120)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad just knocked out Daniel Alaei in a big pot to boost her stack to 630,000.

Alaei picked up A-K, but ran right into Obrestad’s pocket aces to end his tournament run.

Player Tags: Daniel Alaei,   Annette Obrestad

Annette Obrestad Eliminated in 13th Place ($32,240)

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised all in from middle position and Brandon Steven made the call from the small blind. Obrestad showed Q10, but was dominated by the A10 of Steven.

The board fell 86569 and Obrestad was eliminated from the tournament after going from chip leader to the first player out here on day 5. Steven now has 1,620,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Brandon Steven

Skip Wilson Doubles Through Annette Obrestad Again

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 45,000 from under the gun and Skip Wilson reraised to 150,000. Obrestad reraised all in and Wilson called for 1,065,000. Obrestad showed AK and was racing against Wilson’s pocket queens.

The board fell J83Q7 and Wilson doubled to the chip lead with 2.2 million. Obrestad is left as the short stack with 325,000.

Player Tags: Skip Wilson,   Annette Obrestad

Level 10 Update: End of Day 2

Oct 16, '10

Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 104 out of 335 (Unofficial)

Chip Counts:

Official chip counts will be posted when they are released by the casino.

Average Chip Count: 128,846

Notable Eliminations:

Hasan Habib

Big Hands:

Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead

Many are holding on to survive the day, but Annette Obrestad is only content with building her fortress of chips even higher.

Early in the level, Obrestad three-bet a preflop raiser to 17,000 from the button and the small blind moved all in for 26,000.

The original raiser folded and Obrestad was forced to call the all in with 73. Her opponent showed down AK, but Obrestad made a straight to send him to the rail. She finished the hand with 585,000.

Luke Vrabel Chops It Up With Brandon Steven

Annette Obrestad raised to 3,500 and Brandon Steven made the call from the cutoff. Luke Vrabel then raised too 12,000 from the small blind and after a few minutes of thought, Obrestad made the call.

Steven then immediately moved all in for about 60,000 and Vrabel moved all in behind him for over 100,000. Obrestad sheepishly flashed QJ and mucked, having really wanted to play the hand.

Both Steven and Vrabel showed pocket aces and the board ran out jack high. Obrestad then told her opponents, “I would have doubled you both up.”

Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up

Vivek Rajkumar was all in holding pocket sevens against the A-Q of Vladimir Shchemelev. The board came jack high and Rajkumar doubled up to 82,000. Schchemelev is still stacked with 190,000.

David Singer Doubles Up Through Scott Dorin

On a flop of Q22, David Singer bet and Scott Dorin put him all in. Singer called with KQ for top pair, but was outkicked by Dorin’s AQ.

The turn and river fell K4 and Singer improved to two pair to double up to 54,000. Dorin took a hit down to 26,000.

Poker Tweets

Player Tags: David Singer,   Annette Obrestad,   V R,   Scott Dorin,   Luke Vrabel,   Brandon Steven

Level 9 Update: Annette Obrestad Dominating

Oct 16, '10

Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 128 out of 335 (Unofficial)

Chip Counts:

1. Annette Obrestad — 480,000
2. Matt Affleck — 456,000
3. Men Nguyen — 300,000
4. Owen Crowe — 280,000
5. Trevor Pope — 260,000
6. Barry Greenstein — 220,000
7. Mark Newhouse — 215,000
8. Thomas Marchese — 210,000
9. Jared Jaffee — 200,000
10. Sorel Mizzi — 190,000

Average Chip Count: 104,687

Notable Eliminations:

Jeff Shulman
Howard Lederer
Isabelle Mercier
Erica Schoenberg
Hafiz Khan
Kara Scott
Christian Harder
Phil Ivey

Big Hands:

Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead

Dan Schiff raised to 3,000 from the button and Annette Obrestad reraised to 10,000 from the small blind. Schiff made the call and the flop fell Q 9 9. Obrestad bet 13,500 and Schiff raised to 32,000. Obrestad reraised to 68,500 and Schiff made the call.

The turn fell 7 and both players checked. The 6 fell on the river and Schiff bet 35,000. Obrestad made the call and Schiff flipped over A J. Obrestad showed down A Q and Schiff lost the hand to drop his stack to 24,000. Obrestad held 461,000 after the hand and the chip lead.

Jeff Shulman Eliminated

A player under the gun raised to 3,500 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call right behind him. The hi-jack then reraised to 11,400 and both opponents made the call. The flop fell 6 4 2 and all three players checked. The turn fell K and Shulman bet 15,000.

UTG mucked and the hi-jack made the call. The river fell 8 and Shulman bet 25,000. His opponent raised all in and Shulman made the all-in call. The hi-jack flipped over 5 3 for the flopped straight and Shulman was eliminated on the hand.

Christian Harder Eliminated

Christian Harder was all in preflop and Jeff Madsen had him covered. Their cards:

Harder: A J
Madsen: Q Q

Board: K 6 2 8 3

Madsen won the hand to grow his stack to 265,000 and Harder was eliminated.

Phil Ivey Eliminated

Phil Ivey moved all in for 35,500 under the gun preflop and Michael Benvenuti made the call in late position. Their cards:

Ivey: J 8
Benvenuti: A 10

The board bricked out on Ivey and he was eliminated on the hand. Benvenuti was up to 85,000 after collecting the pot.

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Player Tags: Jeff Shulman,   Phil Ivey,   Jeff Madsen,   Annette Obrestad,   Christian Harder,   Michael Benvenuti

Chad Batista Eliminated in 16th Place ($25,792)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Chad Batista moved all in from the small blind. Obrestad made the call with pocket tens, which were well ahead of Batista’s pocket eights.

The board fell A74J3 and Batista was eliminated. Obrestad now sits with just over 2 million in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Chad Batista

McLean Karr Eliminated in 17th Place ($25,792)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad raised from under the gun and McLean Karr moved all in for 350,000. Bobby Suer then moved all in to isolate. Obrestad folded and Karr revealed 88.

Suer showed KK and it held on a board of J1075Q. Suer now has 1 million in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Bobby Suer,   Mclean Karr

Ronald Lee Eliminated in 27th Place ($19,344)

Oct 18, '10

The Obrestad train can’t be stopped! Five players saw a flop of 8-4-2 and Ronald Lee bet 50,000. Annette Obrestad then raised to 120,000, driving out the three other players.

Lee moved all in and Obrestad immediately called with pocket kings. Lee showed pocket jacks, but failed to find help on the turn or river. Obrestad is now up to 1.7 million.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Ronald Lee

Annette Obrestad Wins Massive Pot Against Steve O'Dwyer

Oct 18, '10

Steve O’Dwyer raised to 20,000 from the hijack and Annette Obrestad three-bet him to 65,000 from the button. The flop came down A82 and O’Dwyer checked.

Obrestad continued with a bet of 65,000 and O’Dwyer called. The turn was the A and O’Dwyer checked yet again. Obrestad bet 140,000 and once again, O’Dwyer called.

The river was the 5 and O’Dwyer checked for a third time. Obrestad moved all in, having O’Dwyer’s 268,000 covered. O’Dwyer tanked for six minutes before finally mucking, well into the break. Obrestad didn’t show and took in the pot to boost her stack to 1,145,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Steve O'Dwyer

Brandon Novena Eliminated in 30th Place ($19,344)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad continues to storm up the chip counts. In a hand with Brandon Novena, both players checked a flop of K-Q-8.

Novena then shoved the A on the turn and Obrestad snap called. Novena showed Q-8 for two pair, but Obrestad showed J-10 for the nut straight. The river was a 10 and Novena was eliminated. Obrestad is now in second place with 930,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Brandon Novena

Daniel Alaei Eliminated in 31st Place ($16,120)

Oct 18, '10

Annette Obrestad just knocked out Daniel Alaei in a big pot to boost her stack to 630,000.

Alaei picked up A-K, but ran right into Obrestad’s pocket aces to end his tournament run.

Player Tags: Daniel Alaei,   Annette Obrestad

Annette Obrestad Eliminated in 13th Place ($32,240)

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised all in from middle position and Brandon Steven made the call from the small blind. Obrestad showed Q10, but was dominated by the A10 of Steven.

The board fell 86569 and Obrestad was eliminated from the tournament after going from chip leader to the first player out here on day 5. Steven now has 1,620,000.

Player Tags: Annette Obrestad,   Brandon Steven

Skip Wilson Doubles Through Annette Obrestad Again

Oct 19, '10

Annette Obrestad raised to 45,000 from under the gun and Skip Wilson reraised to 150,000. Obrestad reraised all in and Wilson called for 1,065,000. Obrestad showed AK and was racing against Wilson’s pocket queens.

The board fell J83Q7 and Wilson doubled to the chip lead with 2.2 million. Obrestad is left as the short stack with 325,000.

Player Tags: Skip Wilson,   Annette Obrestad