09-17-2007 00:20 UTC

Hand #211 - Annette Obrestad Wins the 2007 WSOPE Main Event, John Tabatabai Eliminated in 2nd Place

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Winning Hand

John Tabatabai has the button. He calls, Obrestad raises to 100,000 and Tabatabai calls. The flop is {7-Clubs}

{7-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

{5-Hearts}

. Obrestad bets 250,000, Tabatabai raises to 750,000, Obrestad moves all in and Tabatabai calls. Tabatabai shows {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

{6-Diamonds}

for two pair, but Obrestad has top set with {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

{7-Spades}

. The turn is the {2-Clubs}

{2-Clubs}

, and Tabatabai is drawing dead. The river is the {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

.

Jack Effel pauses play to count down the stacks to see if Obrestad's stack covers Tabatabai's. It does indeed, and Annette Obrestad wins the 2007 WSOPE Main Event, earning £1,000,000! John Tabatabai is our runner-up and will take home £570,150.

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