SportingLife Poker 21 Nov -- Teenage sensation Annette_15 has become the latest addition to the team at online poker juggernaut Betfair.com.

Acclaimed online betting firm Betfair have recently added one of poker’s fastest rising young stars to their online poker site with an exclusive weekly blog sure to offer readers insight into the mind of a champion poker player. Annette Obrestad, also known as Annette_15, has caused a major buzz in the poker industry and at 19 years of age she’s already claimed such prestigious titles as The World Series of Poker Europe. Recently she took second place in the European Poker Tour Dublin event. Now she’s teamed up with Betfair in order to share some of her top tips, exclusive interviews and gaming wisdom with online poker fans.

At 18 Annette_15 became the first woman and the youngest player ever to scoop the £1 million first place prize at WSOP Europe. Born in Norway, her poker career took off after joining a $9 freeroll tournament - the first and only money deposit she claims to have ever made - which then led her to that remarkable £1 million cash prize win at WSOPE last September. Ironically, even though Annette has displayed a remarkable talent for poker and has a lot of high-stakes tournament experience, she’s still too young to play at a Las Vegas casino.

Poker fans can find out all about Annette’s poker playing techniques and strategies by reading the new and exclusive Annette_15 blog online. Find out all about what it’s like to take the WSOP Europe title first hand and read about her recent appearance on Sky TV’s Late Night Poker along with unique interviews, podcasts, weekly poker tips and much more.

Betfair is also running a new competition in order to promote Annette_15’s new blog. Online poker bloggers can win a chance to feature a private interview with Annette on their very own site. To enter contestants must simply send in the best possible question they can think of regarding her poker prowess. Annette will then choose the best question posed to her and give a full interview to the lucky winner.

Bloggers interested in taking part should include a short piece about the competition on their site and, as an added incentive, bloggers can also offer their own base of readers the chance to pose their own question to Annette thereby creating a mini-competition within their own poker blog. All questions for Annette must be submitted by January 10, 2008.

Shortly after the competition closes Annette will personally select the winning question and offer her first interview of ‘08 to one lucky winner. As an added bonus from Betfair, the winner will also receive a 7inch widescreen portable DVD player. Visit Betfair’s Annette_15 competition page for more detailed information.

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