fact or fiction

weecheez1

Is it true that a female player I think her name was Annette Obrestad once won an MTT without looking at her cards

TeddyBloat

i think she looked once through the tournament when she faced an allin - or so she says

Boxster

Googled:

In July 2007, Obrestad won a $4 buy-in 180 person online sit-and-go where she claims to have played almost the entire tournament without looking at her cards. She claims she peeked at her cards once during the tournament, when she was faced with an all-in bet. She did this to show "just how important it is to play position and to pay attention to the players at the table

GaryQQQ

Based on what I've seen I'm pretty sure some players in Bounty Hunter tournaments here on Sky are attempting the same feat

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
GaryQQQ	Small blind		15.00	15.00	1785.00
WOLVES11	Big blind		30.00	45.00	1572.50
	Your hole cards	A A
Annette Obrestad	Call		30.00	75.00	2312.50
GOLFDONUT	Raise		120.00	195.00	1880.00
carrotttop	Fold
jackyboy66	Fold
GaryQQQ	Raise		255.00	450.00	1530.00
WOLVES11	Fold
Annette Obrestad	Call		240.00	690.00	2072.50
GOLFDONUT	All-in		1880.00	2570.00	0.00
GaryQQQ	All-in		1530.00	4100.00	0.00
Annette Obrestad	Call		1730.00	5830.00	342.50
GaryQQQ	Show	A A
Annette Obrestad	Show	6 4
GOLFDONUT	Show	J J
Flop
		6 3 7
Turn
		10
River
		4
Annette Obrestad	Win	Two Pairs, 6s and 4s	5830.00		6172.50

TeddyBloat

i think there is a youtube video of the tournament, or there was

weecheez1

thanks for the answers i think i should try looking at position a little bit more

mumsie

I rememebr someone playing online with a a post it note over their hole cards  using hud stats notes and position.

weecheez1

In Response to Re: fact or fiction:

I rememebr someone playing online with a a post it note over their hole cards  using hud stats notes and position.
Posted by mumsie

i would still struggle to beat them lol

Itsover4u

In Response to Re: fact or fiction:

i think she looked once through the tournament when she faced an allin - or so she says
Posted by TeddyBloat

She posted the hand history in the replayer its legit she folded aces in an all in pot etc

Darkangel7

http://www.pokerlistings.com/annette-obrestad-revisits-blind-online-poker-tournament-win-89615

stokefc

she is so good,wish i had that talent

Tikay10

For fans of Annette - who is a lovely young lady - here's an interview with her we did in Las Vegas last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCkijMfPfWc

Tikay10

Quite interestingly (well, to me anyway), here's Annette 4 years earlier - note the complete change in her body shape.

I'd guess she lost 4 stones in those 4 years. I know her very well, & with Dave Compton, was the first to interview her after her WSOP-E win, but when I bumped into her last year in Vegas, I barely recognized her. I was with occasional Sky Poker player "doooobs" & he also knew her well, too, & he bet me it was not her. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_WDz7y5-D8


 

Tikay10

Here she discusses her "play blind" MTT. This was "new Annette" in October 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdXtrqBhd00

mumsie

thanks for the links,

WSOP winner and too young to play in vegas.  You couldnt write it.