Aussie Millions 2010: Annette Obrestad wins Event 4

Betfair Poker’s pro’ Annette Obrestad has won the fourth event at the 2010 Aussie Millions bagging a $40,000 first place prize in the process.

Annette, who began the final day in third place behind leaders Oliver Gill and Con Angelakis, made short work of her opponents in this Pot Limit Omaha event. Despite displaying good form on several occasions this was her first victory in a live poker event since his historic 2007 World Series of Poker Europe win.

Annette hit the social networking site Twitter shortly after her win and announced; “Yayyyyy i won!!!!” to all her followers.

The $1,100 buy-in event saw 160 players take their seats in the hunt for the $40,000 AUD first prize. 16 players made the money including popular British pro’ Tony Bloom. It was Annette’s day though and her victory here underlined why she is still one of the most feared female poker players in the world.

The cashing players from the $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha event were:

1 – $40,000 AUD – Annette Obrestad
2 – $31,200 AUD – Billy Seri
3 – $22,800 AUD – Ryan Gutch
4 – $17,600 AUD – Oliver Gill
5 – $11,200 AUD – Con Angelakis
6 – $8,800 AUD – Emad Tahtouh
7 – $6,400 AUD – Paul Taylor
8 – $4,800 AUD – Tony Bloom
9 – $3,200 AUD – Michael Sampieri
10 – $2,000 AUD – Jason Pritchard
11 – $2,000 AUD – Marty Smith
12 – $2,000 AUD – Damien Elsing
13 – $2,000 AUD – Mikkel Madsel
14 – $2,000 AUD – Andre Birt
15 – $2,000 AUD – Vince Moro
16 – $2,000 AUD – George McDonald

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