WSOP Europe Has a Winner

The first ever World Series of Poker Europe is over and done, and the winner is Annette Obrestad, the youngest WSOP winner in history. Taking home a prize that was guaranteed at 1 million pounds sterling thanks to an infusion of cash from sponsor Betfair Poker, Obrestad was one of nine final table players who started the day. The complete roster of final table players was: Johannes Korsar, Annette Obrestad, John Tabatabai, Oyvind Riisem, Theo Jorgensen, Dominic Kay, Mathew McCullough, Magnus Persson and James Keys. In addition to this being the first ever WSOP main event to take place outside the US, this was also the table with the youngest average age (24). The oldest player at the table was Theo, who is 35. The final payouts were as follows:1  Annette Obrestad   £ 1,000,0002  John (Kunkuwap) Tabatabai  £ 570,1503  Mathew McCullough  £ 381,9104  Oyvind Riisem  £ 257,0205  Johannes Korsar  £ 191,8606  Dominic Kay  £ 152,0407  Magnus Persson  £ 114,0308  Theo Jorgensen  £ 85,0709  James Keys  £ 61,540