Posted on Nov 25, 2007 - 7:41pm by wsop in Results
The World Series Of Poker was voted the 11th most admired sports league in North America in a poll of 12,000 sports fans conducted by market research firm Turn key Sports & Entertainment.
Major League Baseball, The NFL, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, and the PGA Tour were in the top 10.
WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack said “We’re honored to keep company with the best sports brands in North America, Thanks to our players, sponsors, media partners, fans and staff, we’ve entered the mainstream in another new way.”
Approximately 12,000 adult sports fans in North American markets that are home to at least one NFL, NBA, NHL or MLB team were polled. they were asked questions to measure the popularity and fan loyalty of 122 team brands, and asked to identify up to three leagues they admired most from a list of 24 U.S. based sanctioning bodies.
Posted on Sep 16, 2007 - 5:43pm by wsop in Europe, Main Event, Results
Annette Obrestad is the first female to win a WSOP Main Event and the youngest person (18 years old) to ever win a WSOP bracelet.

| Place | Prize | winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ 1,000,000 | Annette Obrestad |
| 2 | £ 570,150 | John Tabatabai |
| 3 | £ 381,910 | Matthew McCullough |
| 4 | £ 257,020 | Oyvind Riisem |
| 5 | £ 191,860 | Johannes Korsar |
| 6 | £ 152,040 | Dominic Kay |
| 7 | £ 114,030 | Magnus Persson |
| 8 | £ 85,070 | Theo Jorgensen |
| 9 | £ 61,540 | James Keys |
| 10 | £ 41,630 | Gus Hansen |
WSOPE Main Event:
Well with Gus Hansen Eliminated in 10th Place, we are now down to the final table that will start tomorrow at 2:00pm local time.
Here is the line up of players that are looking to score the first ever WSOP European main event bracelet in poker history:
Matthew McCullough - Cherry Hill, New Jersey, US.
Oyvind Riisem - Bergen, Norway.
Annette Obrestad - Sandnes, Norway.
Theo Jorgensen - Copenhagen, Denmark.
Johannes Korsar - Uppsala, Sweden.
Magnus Persson - Gothenburg, Sweden.
James Keys - Bury St Edmunds, UK.
John Tabatabai - London, UK.
Dominic Kay - London, UK.