Because in Las Vegas, gamblers must be twenty-one years of age to enter a casino, one of the best young professional poker players in the world was prevented from playing in the World Series of Poker the past several years. However, now Annette Obrestad has reached maturity, and has reached the magical age of twenty one years of age, she is now ready to descend on Las Vegas and make a splash at the tables. Obrestad will not be catching any of the other top players off guard, because she has played in many pro tournaments located in jurisdictions that allow eighteen year-old gamblers.
Heading into the WSOP, which begins this week, Obrestad has been honing her skills online. On Sunday, Obrestad won the PokerStars Sunday 500, and in the process, took home $87,000 that will be used for some of her buy-ins at the WSOP. Will she beat Phil Ivey who made the longest run through the Main Event of any pro player, landing at the final table. Ivey fell short of winning the top prize, however, and will be back again this year to try and rewrite history.
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